forked tail
Divided rear fin
A forked tail divides into two distinct points or prongs, like a fork.
The term describes the tail shape of certain birds, fish, and aircraft: The barn swallow is easily identified by its forked tail.
In folklore, a forked tail is associated with the devil.
- swallowSend down the throat
- kiteWind-flown tethered toy
- bird of preyCarnivorous flying hunter
- birdFeathered flying vertebrate
- avianOf or concerning birds
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- tailstailless
- bird featuresbeak, bill, plumage, feathered, winged
- fish anatomygills, fins, eye, pelvic fins, dorsal fin
- forked tailsswallow, barn swallow, swallowtail butterfly, scissortail, thresher shark
- finsdorsal fin, anal fin, pectoral fin, pelvic fin, paired fins
- catfishchannel catfish, bullhead, mudcat, swai, flathead