Meaning

5 senses

  1. Any of various small insectivorous birds in the genus Enicurus.

  2. A green junglefowl (Gallus varius).

  3. Any of the genus Ischnura of damselflies.

  4. (Hong Kong)Any fish of the species Ariomma indica.

  5. (UK, dialectal, obsolete)A salmon in its fourth year of growth.

Origin

From fork + tail.

From fork + tail.

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Forms

plural: forktails
Singularforktail
Pluralforktails

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedforkytail

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
forkA2forkliftforlornC2formA1

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