pintail Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers
    Anas acuta; pin-tailed duck.

WordNet

Pin"tail` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) 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.) The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and Rocky Mountains (Pediocætes phasianellus); -- called also pintailed grouse, pintailed chicken, springtail, and sharptail.

Webster 1913