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Noun: scissortail
  1. 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
    - scissortailed flycatcher, Muscivora-forficata

Derived forms: scissortails

Type of: flycatcher, New World flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher

Part of: genus Muscivora, Muscivora

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scissors kick
scissortail
scissor-tailed
scissortailed flycatcher
scissure
Sciuridae
sciurine
Sciuromorpha
Sciurus
Sciurus carolinensis
Sciurus griseus
Sciurus hudsonicus