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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having wiry or wireshafted tail-feathers, as the thread-tailed swallow, Uromitus filiferus. See cuts under thread-tailed, Trochilidæ, Videstrelda, and Vidua.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules.

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