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17 words match “INTAIL”

INTAIL v.
See Entail, v. t.
PINTAIL n. 2 definitions
grouse of the great plains and Rocky Mountains (Pediocætes phasianellus); -- called also pintailed grouse, pintailed chicken, springtail, and sharptail.
CRACKER n.
The pintail duck.
PIKETAIL n.
See Pintail, 1.
QUERQUEDULE n.
The pintail duck.
RIVER n.
d genera, in which the hind toe is destitute of a membranous lobe, as in the mallard and pintail; -- opposed to sea duck. -- River god, a deity supposed to preside over a river as its tutelary divinity. -- River herring (Zoöl.), an alewife. -- River hog. (Zoöl.) (a) Any species of African wild hogs of the genus Pota…
SEA PHEASANT n.
The pintail duck.
SEA WIDGEON n.
The pintail duck.
SHARPTAIL n. 2 definitions
The pintail duck.
SMEE n.
The pintail duck.
SPIKETAIL n.
The pintail duck. [Local, U.S.]
SPINDLETAIL n.
The pintail duck. [Local, U.S.]
SPLIT-TAIL n.
The pintail duck.
SPRIGTAIL n.
The pintail duck; -- called also sprig, and spreet-tail. [Local, U.S.]
WATER PHEASANT n.
The pintail. See Pintail, n., 1.
WIDGEON n.
-- Black widgeon, the European tufted duck. -- Gray widgeon. (a) The gadwall. (b) The pintail duck. -- Great headed widgeon, the poachard. -- Pied widgeon. (a) The poachard. (b) The goosander. Saw-billed widgeon, the merganser. -- Sea widgeon. See in the Vocabulary. -- Spear widgeon, the goosander. [Prov. Eng.]…
WINTER n.
r which may be converted into fodder during the winter. -- Winter duck. (Zoöl.) (a) The pintail. (b) The old squaw. -- Winter egg (Zoöl.), an egg produced in the autumn by many invertebrates, and destined to survive the winter. Such eggs usually differ from the summer eggs in having a thicker shell, and often in bein…