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pintail
[ pin-teyl ]
noun
, plural pin·tails, (especially collectively) pin·tail.
pintail
/ ˈpɪnˌteɪl /
noun
- a greyish-brown duck, Anas acuta, with slender pointed wings and a pointed tail
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Among the earliest of the birds to forsake the plains of Hindustan are the grey-lag goose and the pintail duck.
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By the third week in August good bags of pintail snipe are sometimes obtained in Bengal.
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The pintail snipe (Gallinago stenura) are invariably the first to appear, but they visit only the eastern parts of Northern India.
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The common pintail duck, (Anas acuta,) is found here in vast flocks.
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The movements of Pintail, as just stated, are clearly regulated by the state of water in the marshes.
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