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pintail

Noun

pin=tail

WORDNET DICTIONARY

pintail(n = noun.animal) anas acuta, pin-tailed duck - long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers; Array

is a kind of duck

is a member of anas, genus anas

pintail, n.

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]
The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and Rocky Mountains (Pediocætes phasianellus); -- called also pintailed grouse, pintailed chicken, springtail, and sharptail. [1913 Webster]

pintail, n. a duck, esp. Anas acuta, or grouse with a pointed tail.

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