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Definition of Thorntails

Thorntail
Thorntail Thorn"tail`, n. (Zo["o]l.) A beautiful South American humming bird (Gouldia Popelairii), having the six outer tail feathers long, slender, and pointed. The head is ornamented with a long, pointed crest.

Meaning of Thorntails from wikipedia

- South and Central American hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae. The thorntails are sometimes placed in the genus Popelairia (Reichenbach, 1854), leaving...
- The wire-crested thorntail (Discosura popelairii) is a hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in humid forests...
- The thorntail stingray, black stingray, or longtail stingray (Dasyatis thetidis) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. It is found off southern...
- proposed two subspecies for the green thorntail, current taxonomies treat it as monotypic. Male green thorntails are about 9.5 to 10.2 cm (3.7 to 4.0 in)...
- resemble those of coquettes than those of thorntails. Graves described the specimens of Letitia's thorntail, but noted that the perceived colors of hummingbirds...
- The black-bellied thorntail (Discosura langsdorffi) is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found...
- Phymaturus mallimaccii, the thorntail mountain lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae. It is from Argentina. Abdala, S. & Avila, L....
- Ceratogomphus pictus, the common thorntail, is a species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is found in Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa...
- that reside in the SnowHorn Wastes. The ThornTails are a peaceful tribe of dinosaurs that live in ThornTail Hollow on Sauria. They are based on the Nodosaurus...
- sometimes considered to be the only member of the genus Discosura, as the thorntails, the other possible members of the genus, are often placed in the genus...