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pintail (encz) | pintail, n: |
Pintail (gcide) | Pintail \Pin"tail`\, 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.
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2. (Zool.) The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and
Rocky Mountains (Pedioc[ae]tes phasianellus); -- called
also pintailed grouse, pintailed chicken,
springtail, and sharptail.
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pintail (wn) | pintail
n 1: long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having
elongated central tail feathers [syn: pintail, {pin-
tailed duck}, Anas acuta] |
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Pintail (gcide) | Pintail \Pin"tail`\, 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.
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2. (Zool.) The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and
Rocky Mountains (Pedioc[ae]tes phasianellus); -- called
also pintailed grouse, pintailed chicken,
springtail, and sharptail.
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Pin-tailed (gcide) | Pin-tailed \Pin"-tailed`\, a. (Zool.)
Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest; --
said of birds.
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pintailed chicken (gcide) | Pintail \Pin"tail`\, 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.
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2. (Zool.) The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and
Rocky Mountains (Pedioc[ae]tes phasianellus); -- called
also pintailed grouse, pintailed chicken,
springtail, and sharptail.
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pintailed grouse (gcide) | Pintail \Pin"tail`\, 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and
Rocky Mountains (Pedioc[ae]tes phasianellus); -- called
also pintailed grouse, pintailed chicken,
springtail, and sharptail.
[1913 Webster] |
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