forktail
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editforktail (plural forktails)
- Any of various small insectivorous birds in the genus Enicurus.
- A green junglefowl (Gallus varius).
- Any of the genus Ischnura of damselflies.
- (Hong Kong) Any fish of the species Ariomma indica.
- (UK, dialect, obsolete) A salmon in its fourth year of growth.[1]
Derived terms
editEnicurus species
- black-backed forktail (Enicurus immaculatus)
- Bornean forktail (Enicurus borneensis)
- chestnut-naped forktail (Enicurus ruficapillus)
- little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)
- slaty-backed forktail (Enicurus schistaceus)
- spotted forktail (Enicurus maculatus)
- Sunda forktail (Enicurus velatus)
- white-crowned forktail (Enicurus leschenaulti)
damselflies
- black-fronted forktail (Ischnura denticollis)
- citrine forktail (Ischnura hastata)
- desert forktail (Ischnura barberi)
- eastern forktail (Oschnura verticalis)
- fragile forktail (Ischnura posita)
- furtive forktail (Ischnura prognata)
- lilypad forktail (Ischnura kellicotti)
- Mexican forktail (Ischnura demorsa)
- Pacific forktail (Ischnura cervula)
- plains forktail (Ischnura damula)
- Rambur's forktail (Ischnura ramburii)
- San Francisco forktail (Ischnura gemina)
- swift forktail (Ischnura erratica)
- western forktail (Ischnura perparva)
others
- African forktail snapper (Apsilus fuscus)
- forktail bigeye bream (Gymnocranius elongatus)
- forktail blenny (Meiacanthus atrodorsalis)
- forktail blue-eye (Pseudomugil furcatus)
- forktail catfish (Ictalurus spp.)
- forktail dottyback (Pseudochromis dixurus)
- forktail dwarfgoby (Trimma hoesei)
- forktail large-eye bream (Gymnocranius elongatus)
- forktail lates (Lates microlepis
- forktail pygmy goby (Trimma hoesei)
- forktail rabbitfish (Siganus argenteus)
- forktail rainbowfish (Pseudomugil furcatus)
- forktail tilefish (Hoplolatilus fronticinctus)
Related terms
editTranslations
editbird of the genus Enicurus
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green junglefowl — see green junglefowl
References
edit- ^ “forktail”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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