PINTAIL


Meaning of PINTAIL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpin-ˌtāl ]

noun

( plural pintail or pintails )

Date: 1768

: a bird having elongated central tail feathers ; especially : a slender duck ( Anas acuta ) of the northern hemisphere with the male having a brown head, a white breast with a white line continuing up the side of the neck, and chiefly gray upperparts

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