Definition of "scissortail" []

• A scissor-tailed flycatcher. (noun)

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• "Some common Great Plains animals, such as black-tailed jackrabbit and the scissortail flycatcher, range farther east through the Grand Prairie, creating an overlap in Great Plains and eastern forest species."
• "Female scissortail sergeants gauge potential mates with a small batch of 'test' eggs before breeding with them, according to an ecologist."
• "a golden meadowlark, then a darker scissortail snipping the air off behind it in swift flight."