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ELANOIDES FORFICATUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Elanoides forficatus mean?
• ELANOIDES FORFICATUS (noun)
The noun ELANOIDES FORFICATUS has 1 sense:
1. graceful North American black-and-white kite
Familiarity information: ELANOIDES FORFICATUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Graceful North American black-and-white kite
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Elanoides forficatus; swallow-tailed hawk; swallow-tailed kite
Hypernyms ("Elanoides forficatus" is a kind of...):
kite (any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals)
Holonyms ("Elanoides forficatus" is a member of...):
Elanoides; genus Elanoides (a genus of kites)
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