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pintail

[ pin-teyl ]

noun

, plural pin·tails, (especially collectively) pin·tail.
  1. a long-necked river duck, Anas acuta, of the Old and New Worlds, having long and narrow middle tail tails feathers.


pintail

/ ˈpɪnˌteɪl /

noun

  1. a greyish-brown duck, Anas acuta, with slender pointed wings and a pointed tail
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pintail1

First recorded in 1760–70; pin + tail 1
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Example Sentences

Among the earliest of the birds to forsake the plains of Hindustan are the grey-lag goose and the pintail duck.

By the third week in August good bags of pintail snipe are sometimes obtained in Bengal.

The pintail snipe (Gallinago stenura) are invariably the first to appear, but they visit only the eastern parts of Northern India.

The common pintail duck, (Anas acuta,) is found here in vast flocks.

The movements of Pintail, as just stated, are clearly regulated by the state of water in the marshes.

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