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Pintail   Listen
noun
Pintail  n.  
1.
(Zool.) A northern duck (Dafila acuta), native of both continents. The adult male has a long, tapering tail. Called also gray duck, piketail, piket-tail, spike-tail, split-tail, springtail, sea pheasant, and gray widgeon.
2.
(Zool.) The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and Rocky Mountains (Pediocaetes phasianellus); called also pintailed grouse, pintailed chicken, springtail, and sharptail.





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Words linked to "Pintail" :   Anas acuta, duck


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