Fork-tailed adj. (Zool.) Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; said of many birds. Fork-tailed flycatcher (Zool.), a tropical American flycatcher (Milvulus tyrannus).
Fork-tailed gull (Zool.), a gull of the genus Xema, of two species, esp. X. Sabinii of the Arctic Ocean.
Fork-tailed kite (Zool.), a graceful American kite (Elanoides forficatus); called also swallow-tailed kite.
