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scis·sor-tailed flycatcher | \ ˈsi-zər-ˌtāld- 
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\Definition of scissor-tailed flycatcher
: a flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) of the southern U.S., Mexico, and Central America that has a long deeply forked tail
— called also scissortail
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