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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An American bird of the family Tyrannidæ and genus Milvulus; a scissor-tailed flycatcher.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun grey flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings

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