You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
FORKTAILED
Fork"-tailed`, a. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds. Fork-tailed flycatcher (Zoöl.), a tropical American flycatcher (Milvulus tyrannus).
– Fork-tailed gull (Zoöl.), a gull of the genus Xema, of two species, esp. X. Sabinii of the Arctic Ocean.
– Fork-tailed kite (Zoöl.), a graceful American kite (Elanoides forficatus); -- called also swallow-tailed kite.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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