Usually means: Long, forked tail; distinctive bird.
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  1. scissortail: Merriam-Webster
  2. scissortail: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. scissortail: Collins English Dictionary
  4. scissortail: Vocabulary.com
  5. scissortail: Wordnik
  6. scissortail: Wiktionary
  7. scissortail: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. scissortail: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. scissortail: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. scissortail: Dictionary.com
  11. scissortail: Rhymezone
  12. scissortail: FreeDictionary.org
  13. scissortail: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. scissortail: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. scissortail: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (scissortail)

noun:  A scissor-tailed flycatcher or Texas bird of paradise (Tyrannus forficatus).
noun:  A dragonfly of the genus Microgomphus.
noun:  Any of various kinds of fish with forked tails, as the bluefin driftfish (Psenes pellucidus) or a devilfish (genus Assessor)

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