Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having the tail formed in part like a racket; having a racket on the tail, as the motmots (Momotidæ), certain humming-birds (Discurus, etc.), or a parrakeet of the genus Prioniturus.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Zoöl.) Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers.
“The greater racket-tailed drongo mimics the songs of other birds.”
“The handsome _Bhimraj_ or larger racket-tailed drongo (_Dissemurus paradiseus_), a glorified king-crow with a tail fully 20 inches in length, is a Himalayan bird, but he dwells far from the madding crowd, and is not likely to be seen at any hill station except as a captive.”
“It was the same with the lovely racket-tailed kingfishers and the fly-catchers, some of which had tails double the length of their own bodies, and of a delicacy that was beautiful in the extreme.”
“Now it was a white eagle, then a vividly plumaged kingfisher, or a kind of black, racket-tailed daw with glossy plumage.”
“Caledonia and the racket-tailed parrot of the Philippines.”
“Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent, spotted greater racket-tailed drongos, white-cheeked barbets and Malabar parakeets, among other species.”
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