"scissors-tailed" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} scissors-tailed (not comparable)
  1. (zoology) Having the outer feathers by far the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Zoology Related terms: scissortail, scissor-tailed
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