Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A humming-bird of the genus Discurus and related forms, having two feathers of the tail shaped like rackets.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Steganura, having two of the tail feathers very long and racket-shaped.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several
species ofhummingbirds of thegenus Steganura, having two of thetail feathers very long andracket -shaped.
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Examples
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High up on the hills he found another beautiful little bird which he called the "white-booted racket-tail."
The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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The rapid flying white-booted racket-tail is likewise common near Santa
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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The racket-tail humming-bird (Discura longicauda) takes its name from the curious form of its tail, the feathers of which are forked, -- the two exterior ones being twice the length of the second pair.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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