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Definition of Pintails

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 Pintails from wikipedia

- northern pintail's closest relatives are other pintails, such as the yellow-billed pintail (A. georgica) and Eaton's pintail (A. eatoni). The pintails are...
- Pintail may refer to: Northern pintail (Anas acuta), sometimes called the pintail, the most common pintail species White-ch****ed pintail (Anas bahamensis)...
- northern pintail, the Eaton’s pintail is much smaller (one female Eaton’s pintail weighed 450 g, while the mean m**** of female northern pintails is 871...
- with an all black bill on the right Whitish variant Two white-ch****ed pintails on the Island of Santa Cruz in the Galápagos Islands Taken in the Galápagos...
- duck enthusiasts don't believe that pintails contributed to the acculturation, because a mallard derivative and pintail cross renders a sterile duck due...
- the ducks is variable, with many mainland pintails also having 16 rectrices and a few South Georgia pintails even having 18, and the three ducks are now...
- separate species, and the extinct Niceforo's pintail, which occurred formerly in central Colombia. Chilean pintails inhabit freshwater lakes, rivers, marshes...
- species. Gene flow between po****tions also suggests that yellow-billed pintails that are heterozygous for the βA hemoglobin subunit may be able to acclimate...
- Anas is a genus of dabbling ducks. It includes the pintails, most teals, and the mallard and its close relatives. It formerly included additional species...
- USS Pintail (AMc-17) was a coastal minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to...