pin·tail /ˈpɪnˌtel/
針尾鴨
Pin·tail n.
1. Zool. 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. Zool. The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and Rocky Mountains (Pediocætes phasianellus); -- called also pintailed grouse, pintailed chicken, springtail, and sharptail.
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pintail
n : long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having
elongated central tail feathers [syn: pin-tailed duck,
Anas acuta]