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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RACKET-TAIL

RACKET-TAIL Rack "et-tail n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Steganura, having two of the tail feathers very long and racket- shaped.

 

RACKET-TAILED

RACKET-TAILED Rack "et-tailed `, a. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

racket-tail

racket-tail (also racquet-tail ) noun a South American hummingbird with long racket-shaped tail feathers. Genera Ocreatus and Loddigesia, family Trochilidae: two species. any of a number of other birds, in particular certain parrots, drongos, and motmots, with racket-shaped tails.

 

Oxford Dictionary

racket-tail

racket-tail (also racquet-tail ) noun a South American hummingbird with long racket-shaped tail feathers. Genera Ocreatus and Loddigesia, family Trochilidae: two species. any of a number of other birds, in particular certain parrots, drongos, and motmots, with racket-shaped tails.