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English
Etymology
forky + tail
Noun
forkytail (plural forkytails)
- (Geordie) An earwig (Dermaptera spp.).
References
- Frank Graham, editor (1987), “FORKYTAIL”, in The New Geordie Dictionary, Rothbury, Northumberland: Butler Publishing, →ISBN.
- Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4