"forktail" meaning in English

See forktail in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: forktails [plural]
Etymology: From fork + tail. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fork|tail}} fork + tail Head templates: {{en-noun}} forktail (plural forktails)
  1. Any of various small insectivorous birds in the genus Enicurus.
    Sense id: en-forktail-en-noun-HBZWMiD3
  2. A green junglefowl (Gallus varius). Categories (lifeform): Dragonflies and damselflies, Fowls, Muscicapids
    Sense id: en-forktail-en-noun-iRY0Nz8W Disambiguation of Dragonflies and damselflies: 12 43 22 21 2 Disambiguation of Fowls: 20 45 10 20 4 Disambiguation of Muscicapids: 16 45 12 23 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 43 14 25 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 67 8 15 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 43 16 23 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 47 12 25 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 49 12 18 10
  3. Any of the genus Ischnura of damselflies.
    Sense id: en-forktail-en-noun-8R6oH-5O
  4. (Hong Kong) Any fish of the species Ariomma indica. Tags: Hong-Kong Categories (lifeform): Salmonids, Stromateoid fish
    Sense id: en-forktail-en-noun-OSfPHxMz Disambiguation of Salmonids: 8 29 7 52 4 Disambiguation of Stromateoid fish: 8 27 7 55 4 Categories (other): Hong Kong English
  5. (UK, dialect, obsolete) A salmon in its fourth year of growth. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-forktail-en-noun-2hcp0qgb Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: forkytail Translations (bird of the genus Enicurus): haarapyrstö (Finnish)
Derived forms: black-backed forktail (taxonomic: Enicurus immaculatus), Bornean forktail (taxonomic: Enicurus borneensis), chestnut-naped forktail (taxonomic: Enicurus ruficapillus), little forktail (taxonomic: Enicurus scouleri), slaty-backed forktail (taxonomic: Enicurus schistaceus), spotted forktail (taxonomic: Enicurus maculatus), Sunda forktail (taxonomic: Enicurus velatus), white-crowned forktail (taxonomic: Enicurus leschenaulti), black-fronted forktail (taxonomic: Ischnura denticollis), citrine forktail (taxonomic: Ischnura hastata), desert forktail (taxonomic: Ischnura barberi), eastern forktail (alt: Oschnura verticalis), fragile forktail (taxonomic: Ischnura posita), furtive forktail (taxonomic: Ischnura prognata), lilypad forktail (taxonomic: Ischnura kellicotti), Mexican forktail (taxonomic: Ischnura demorsa), Pacific forktail (taxonomic: Ischnura cervula), plains forktail (taxonomic: Ischnura damula), Rambur's forktail (taxonomic: Ischnura ramburii), San Francisco forktail (taxonomic: Ischnura gemina), swift forktail (taxonomic: Ischnura erratica), western forktail (taxonomic: Ischnura perparva), African forktail snapper (taxonomic: Apsilus fuscus), forktail bigeye bream (alt: Gymnocranius elongatus), forktail blenny (taxonomic: Meiacanthus atrodorsalis), forktail blue-eye (taxonomic: Pseudomugil furcatus), forktail catfish (taxonomic: Ictalurus spp.), forktail dottyback (taxonomic: Pseudochromis dixurus), forktail dwarfgoby (taxonomic: Trimma hoesei), forktail large-eye bream (alt: Gymnocranius elongatus), forktail lates (Lates microlepis, forktail pygmy goby (taxonomic: Trimma hoesei), forktail rabbitfish (taxonomic: Siganus argenteus), forktail rainbowfish (taxonomic: Pseudomugil furcatus), forktail tilefish (taxonomic: Hoplolatilus fronticinctus) Disambiguation of 'bird of the genus Enicurus': 44 8 44 3 1

Inflected forms

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