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n. A duck (Anas acuta) of the Northern Hemisphere, having gray, brown, and white plumage and a sharply pointed tail. Also called sprigtail.

n. A dabbling duck, Anas acuta, of the northern hemisphere that has a long pointed tail.

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.

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

Same as pintailed.

n. The pin-tailed duck, Dafila acuta. Also called, from the peculiarity of the tail, pickettail, pigeontail, piketail, sharptail, spiketail, spindletail, splittail, sprigtail, sprittail or spreettail, and kite-tailed widgeon. See cut under Dafila.

n. The ruddy duck, Erismatura rubida.

n. The sharp-tailed or pin-tailed grouse, Pediœcetes phasianellus, more fully called pintail chicken.

n. long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers

"The similar whistling call of the pintail is on the same pitch."

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gray duck    piketail    piket-tail    spiketail    split-tail    springtail    sea pheasant    gray widgeon    pintailed grouse    pintailed chicken   

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