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scissorstail
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scissorstail, n.
A tyrant flycatcher (Milvulus forficatus ) of the Southern United States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red at the base of the crown feathers. [1913 Webster]
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