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ny species of small ground snakes of the family Uropeltidæ; -- so called from their rough tails.

Having the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red.

A European gold wasp (Chrysis ignita) which has the under side of the abdomen bright red, and the other parts deep bluish green with a metallic luster. The larva is parasitic in the nests of other wasps and of bees.

Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones.

(Milvulus forficatus) of the Southern United States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red at the base of the crown feathers.

The pintail duck.

Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Thaumastura having a long forked tail.

Any species of small burrowing snakes of the family Uropeltidæ, native of Ceylon and Southern Asia. They have a small mouth which can not be dilated.

The pintail duck. [Local, U.S.]

The pintail duck. [Local, U.S.]

Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips. Spine- tailed swift. (Zoöl.) See Spinetail (a).

swifts of the genus Acanthylis, or Chætura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines.

The pintail duck.

The pintail duck; -- called also sprig, and spreet-tail. [Local, U.S.]

Any one of numerous species of small apterous insects belonging to the order Thysanura. They have two elastic caudal stylets which can be bent under the abdomen and then suddenly extended like a spring, thus enabling them to leap to a considerable distance. See Collembola, and Podura.

A handle, as of a mop; a stale. [Eng.]

The ruddy duck. [Local, U.S.]

Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.

The ruddy duck. [Local, U.S.]

A sting ray.