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Definition of Scissortail
1. Noun. Grey flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings.
Generic synonyms: Flycatcher, New World Flycatcher, Tyrant Bird, Tyrant Flycatcher
Group relationships: Genus Muscivora, Muscivora
Definition of Scissortail
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scissortail
Literary usage of Scissortail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by Bureau of Biological Survey, United States (1911)
"Those eaten by the scissortail are mostly of the larger kinds, ie, bees and wasps,
with very few of the smaller parasitic species. ..."
2. Evolution and Adaptation by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1908)
"In such cases, for instance, as that of the scissortail tyrant-bird, and its
pyrotechnic displays, when a number of couples leave their nests containing ..."
3. Evolution and Adaptation by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1903)
"In such cases, for instance, as that of the scissortail tyrant-bird, and its
pyrotechnic displays, when a number of couples leave their nests containing ..."
4. The Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture: A Reference System of Commercial by Granville Lowther, William Worthington (1914)
"The white edge of the feather on each side of the tail distinguishes this from
all other fly catchers except the gray and salmon- colored scissortail of ..."
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