banderole |
a slender forked pennant or streamer. [1/2 definitions] |
barn swallow |
a small insect-eating bird with dark blue and tan plumage and a deeply forked tail, that often nests in barns and similar structures. |
bifid |
cleft in two equal parts; forked. |
bifurcate |
divided into two branches; forked. [1/2 definitions] |
bootjack |
a forked device used to grip the heel of a boot while the foot is withdrawn. |
clothespin |
a clip or forked peg of wood or plastic, used to secure clothes on a line for drying. |
divine |
to find (a source of water) by use of a forked rod that is believed to be drawn toward the source. [1/12 definitions] |
divining rod |
a forked stick used by dowsers to search for underground water; dowsing rod. |
drongo |
any of a family (Dicruridae) of insectivorous passerine birds with black plumage and a forked tail. |
forklift |
a small truck with a power-operated forked platform that can be slid under heavy cargo to lift and transport it. [1/2 definitions] |
furcate |
forked. [1/2 definitions] |
kite |
any of various hawklike birds that often have pointed wings and forked tails. [1/5 definitions] |
mandrake |
a poisonous plant related to nightshade that is found in Europe and Asia, with a short stem, purplish flowers, and a root forked like a human body. [1/2 definitions] |
pennant |
a long, tapering, usu. triangular or forked flag used on ships for signaling or for identification. [1/3 definitions] |
pilotfish |
a small spiny-finned marine fish with a widely forked tail, often found near sharks. |
pronghorn |
a small, fleet deer of the western plains of North America that resembles an antelope and has small, forked horns curved rearward at the tips. |
scissortail |
a large flycatcher of the southwestern United States, and Central and South America, that has a gray body, salmon-pink sides and wing linings, and a long, deeply forked tail. |
swallow2 |
any of a number of small migratory birds that have long, pointed wings and often a forked tail, and that are known for their graceful flight. [1/2 definitions] |
swallowtail |
the deeply notched or forked tail of a swallow, or a tail that is similar to it. [1/2 definitions] |
swallow-tailed |
having a forked tail similar to that of a swallow. [2 definitions] |
tern |
any of various aquatic birds similar and related to gulls but smaller and slenderer, usu. having a black cap and a long forked tail. |