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Scissors-tailed

Scissors-tailed \Scis"sors-tailed`\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones.

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scissors-tailed

a. (context zoology English) Having the outer feathers by far the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones.