pintail, pin-tailed duck, Anas acuta
(noun) long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pintail (plural pintails)
A pintail duck, a type of dabbling duck with a characteristic pointed tail.
A northern pintail, Anas acuta, a dabbling duck of the northern hemisphere that has a long pointed tail.
A pin-tailed snipe, Gallinago stenura.
(engineering) The end of a fastening pin or mandrel on a Huckbolt or pop rivet that is broken off when installation is complete.
(surfing) A surfboard with a pointed back end.
• (Anas acuta): cracker, northern pintail, sea pheasant, sea-pheasant, sprigtail
• platini-, ptilina, tailpin
Source: Wiktionary
Pin"tail`, n.
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and Rocky Mountains (Pediocætes phasianellus); -- called also pintailed grouse, pintailed chicken, springtail, and sharptail.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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