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PRONUNCIATION OF RACKET-TAIL

racket-tail play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RACKET-TAIL

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conjunction
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Racket-Tail is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RACKET-TAIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

racket-tail

Racket-tail

The genus Prioniturus contains nine parrot species found in the Philippines and Indonesia. They are easily distinguished from all other parrots by their elongated central tail feathers with the bare shaft and spatula at the end.

Definition of racket-tail in the English dictionary

The definition of racket-tail in the dictionary is any of several birds with a racket-shaped tail, such as certain hummingbirds and kingfishers.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RACKET-TAIL

rack saw
rack up
rack-and-pinion
rack-rent
rack-renter
rackabones
racker
racket
racket press
racket sports
racketeer
racketeering
racketer
racketry
rackets
rackett
rackety
rackful
Rackham
racking

WORDS THAT END LIKE RACKET-TAIL

cat-tail
cat´s-tail
coat-tail
cocktail
crested dog´s-tail
detail
dog´s-tail
e-tail
entail
fishtail
go into detail
in detail
mare´s-tail
nose to tail
pigtail
ponytail
rat-tail
retail
shirt-tail
tail

Synonyms and antonyms of racket-tail in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «racket-tail» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RACKET-TAIL

Find out the translation of racket-tail to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of racket-tail from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «racket-tail» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

球拍尾
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

raqueta - cola
570 millions of speakers

English

racket-tail
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रैकेट पूंछ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مضرب الذيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ракетка хвост
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

raquete -tail
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কোলাহল-লেজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

raquette - queue
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Raket-ekor
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schläger-Heck
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ラケットテール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

라켓 꼬리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Raket-buntut
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vợt đuôi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மோசடி-வால்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रॅकेट-शेपटी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

raket kuyruklu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

racket - tail
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Rakieta ogon
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ракетка хвіст
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

racheta - coada
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ρακέτα ουρά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

racket - stert
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

racket - tail
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

racket -tail
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of racket-tail

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RACKET-TAIL»

The term «racket-tail» is used very little and occupies the 169.311 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RACKET-TAIL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about racket-tail

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RACKET-TAIL»

Discover the use of racket-tail in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to racket-tail and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Zoological Series
*Ocreatus underwood! discifer* Heine. BUCENO'S WHITE-FOOTED RACKET- TAIL. Stcganurus discifer HEINE, Journ. fur Ornith., XI, 1863, p. 210 (Merida, Venezuela). Spathura underwoidi bricenoi HARTERT, Nov. Zool., VI, 1899, p.
‎1918
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Fieldiana: Zoology
♢Ocreatus underwoodi discifer* Heine. Buceno's White-footed Racket-tail. Steganurus discifer Heine, Joura. fur Ornith., XI, 1863, p. 210 (Merida, Venezuela ). Spathura underwoodi bricenoi Hartert, Nov. Zool., VI, 1899, p. 72 (Merida). Spathura ...
‎1918
3
Publication: Zoological series
Buceno's White-footed Racket-tail. Steganurus discifer Heine, Journ. fur Ornith., XI, 1863, p. 210 (Metida, Venezuela). Spathura underwoodi bricenoi Hartert, Nov. Zool., VI, 1899, p. 72 (Merida). Spathura underwoodi discifer Hellmayr and ...
‎1918
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Catalogue of Birds of the Americas and the Adjacent Islands ...
Buceno's White-footed Racket-tail. Steganurus discifer Heine, Journ. fur Ornith., XI, 1863, p. 210 (Merida, Venezuela). Spathura underwoodi bricenoi Hartert, Nov . Zool., VI, 1899, p. 72 (Merida). Spathura underwoodi discifer Hellmayr and ...
Field Museum of Natural History, Carl Eduard Hellmayr, Charles Barney Cory, 1918
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Birds of Peru: Revised and Updated Edition
Rufous-vented Whitetip and Booted Racket-tail are two small, distinctive Andean hummingbirds. GLOWING PUFFLEG Eriocnemis vestita * 10.5–11 cm (4–41⁄4 in), bill 1.8 cm (3⁄4 in) Fairly common in humid montane forest and forest edge at ...
Thomas S. Schulenberg, Douglas F. Stotz, Daniel F. Lane, 2010
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The Illustrated Natural History: Birds
THE RACKET-TAIL HUMMlNG-BIRD. 235 with a patch of delicate crimson in the centre. The lower part of the back and the upper tail-coverts are beautiful green with orange gloss; and the wings and tail are purpleblack, with the exception of ...
John George Wood, 1869
7
The Illustrated Natural History: Birds
THE RACKET-TAIL HUMMING-BIRD. 2r> - with a patch of delicate crimson in the centre. The lower part of the back and the upper tail-coverts are beautiful green with orange gloss ; and the wings and tail are purple- black, with the exception of  ...
John George Wood, 1872
8
The birds of South America
Lord Brabourne, Ch. Chubb. 1310. 1311. 1312. 1313. 1314. 1315. 1316. 1317. 1318. 1310. SPATlIURA.-ADELOMY1A. 135 CíSSîllra, Gould, P. Z. S. 1853, p. 100 (Peru). Scissor-tailed Racket-tail. North Peru : Ecuador. регцапиз, Gould, ...
Lord Brabourne, Ch. Chubb
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The Western World: Picturesque Sketches of Nature and ...
This bird, probably on account of the vegetation of the locality, from which it obtains its food, is restricted to a narrow mountain-ridge, not three-quarters of a mile in width. WHITE-BOOTED RACKET-TAIL. The rapid flying white-booted racket-tail ...
William Henry Giles Kingston, 1874
10
Natural history picture book for children
The White-booted Racket- tail is found on the Columbian Andes, at a great elevation. It is a wonderful bird, on account of the long tail feathers with their racket-like tips. While the bird is flying through the air these feathers wave about in a most ...
John George Wood, 1862

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RACKET-TAIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term racket-tail is used in the context of the following news items.
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Scaling bottom-up conservation in Latin America
A booted racket-tail hummingbird. Photo by Charles Smith Mongabay: What is NCI's strategy for conservation? Byron Swift: NCI has a bottom-up approach to ... «Mongabay.com, Jul 15»
2
How an octopus protects itself with a coconut shell and 7 more Life …
Well, that's if you're a booted racket-tail hummingbird – also the size of a one pence piece – and fighting for the same nectar. 6) Two heads are better than one ... «Mirror.co.uk, Oct 14»
3
BBC Films Hummingbird Life Story in 4K Ultra HD
Described by the Beeb as “fight club for hummingbirds”, the entire episode is filmed in slow-motion 4K ultra HD, and features a sequence of booted racket-tail ... «HDTV Test, Oct 14»
4
Flying Jewels: Where Hummingbird Colors Come From
... Crimson Topaz, Gorgeted Sunangel, Wire-crested Thorntail, Marvelous Spatuletail, Sword-billed Hummingbird, Booted Racket-tail, and Velvet-purple Coronet ... «Mother Earth News, Oct 14»
5
A Colibrí Weekend
Booted Racket-tail by Sam Woods. Courtesy “10,000 Birds”. Added: While at “Twenty Hummingbirds to See Before You Die,” please watch the videos: Amazing! «The Moderate Voice, Aug 14»
6
18 strange and beautiful hummingbird species
Booted racket-tail hummingbird: The male of this species has a pair of impressive tail feathers. The feathers extend well past his body and end in two iridescent ... «Mother Nature Network, Jan 14»
7
Christmas Bird Counting in Mindo, Ecuador
Luckily, we still got great looks at Mindo's #1 and #2 hummingbirds, the Booted Racket-tail and the Violet-tailed Sylph. Violet-tailed Sylph, photo by Vinicio Perez. «Audubon Magazine, Jan 11»
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Venezuela's diverse habitats provide birders a colorful mix of odd …
We saw 420 of them, many with such colorful names as horned screamer, handsome fruiteater, double-striped thick-knee, booted racket-tail, moustached ... «Plain Dealer, Feb 10»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Racket-Tail [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/racket-tail>. Apr 2024 ».
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