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Definition of pintail

Pintail
Pintail Pin"tail`, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) 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. (Zo["o]l.) The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and Rocky Mountains (Pedioc[ae]tes phasianellus); -- called also pintailed grouse, pintailed chicken, springtail, and sharptail.

Meaning of pintail from wikipedia

- pintail may refer to: a group of dabbling ducks containing: northern pintail (anas acuta), sometimes called the pintail, the most common
- the pintail or northern pintail (anas acuta) is a duck with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of europe ,
- the eaton's pintail (anas eatoni) is a dabbling duck of the genus anas. the species is restricted to the island groups of kerguelen and
- the white-cheeked pintail (anas bahamensis), also known as the bahama pintail or summer duck, is a species of dabbling duck .
- the fairey pintail was a british single-engine floatplane fighter of the 1920s. while it was developed by fairey as a reconnaissance
- the yellow-billed pintail (anas georgica) is a south america n dabbling duck of the genus anas with three described subspecies.
- the chilean pintail (anas georgica spinicauda), also known as the brown pintail, is a subspecies of the yellow-billed pintail (anas
- the pin-tailed snipe (gallinago stenura) also known as the pintail snipe, is a small stocky wader . it breeds in northern russia and
- niceforo's pintail (anas georgica niceforoi), is an extinct subspecies of the yellow-billed pintail (anas georgica), a duck in the
- the south georgia pintail (anas georgica georgica), also misleadingly known as the south georgian teal, is the nominate subspecies of the