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16 words match “PINTAIL”

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.
ed 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 Pot…
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.
or 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 bei…