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Definition of Swallow-tailed kite
1. Noun. Graceful North American black-and-white kite.
Exact synonyms: Elanoides Forficatus, Swallow-tailed Hawk
Generic synonyms: Kite
Group relationships: Elanoides, Genus Elanoides
Generic synonyms: Kite
Group relationships: Elanoides, Genus Elanoides
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swallow-tailed Kite
Literary usage of Swallow-tailed kite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1900)
"The swallow-tailed kite at Piermont, ... Just at noon, with the sky bright and
clear, I stepped out into the yard in time to see a swallow-tailed kite i' ..."
2. Natural History for the Use of Schools and Families by Worthington Hooker (1864)
"The swallow-tailed kite. carries it off to devour it in the air, as represented
in the figure. 225. As the Hawks may be regarded as an inferior kind of ..."
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