racket-tail

English

green racket-tail (Prioniturus luconensis), a racket-tail

Alternative forms

• racquet-tail

Noun

racket-tail (plural racket-tails)

1. Any of several species of hummingbirds of the genera Ocreatus and Loddigesia (formerly Steganura or Spathura), having two of the tail feathers very long and racket-shaped.
2. Prioniturus spp., parrots with similar tails.

References

• “racket-tail”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• racket-tail on Wikipedia.Wikipedia