swallow-tailed kite

swallow-tailed kite

noun
an American kite, Elanoides forficatus, having black upper parts, white head and underparts, and a long, deeply forked tail.

Origin:
1870–75
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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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swallow-tailed kite

noun
graceful North American black-and-white kite 
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