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fork-tailed

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English

Syllables
fork--tailed
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds.

Questions

What does fork-tailed mean?
Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds.

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