racket-tail

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English

green racket-tail (Prioniturus luconensis), a racket-tail

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Noun

racket-tail (plural racket-tails)

  1. Any of several species of hummingbirds of the genera Ocreatus and Loddigesia (formerly Steganura or Spathura), having two of the tail feathers very long and racket-shaped.
  2. Prioniturus spp., parrots with similar tails.

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