pintail
pintail
Definition
pin·tail (pin′tāl′)
noun pl. -·tails′ or -·tail′
- any of several ducks, esp. a species (Anas acuta) with a long neck and long, pointed middle tail feathers
- ☆ any variety of grouse with a long, pointed tail
pin′·tailed′ (-tāld′) adjective
pintail
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- see: It was a lovely place, really, and we saw a White-cheeked Pintail which was new for us.
Adjective modifier
- female: A trickle of Gray and Yellow Wagtails overhead and a female Pintail were the only sightings of any note.
- yellow-billed: Yellow-billed Pintail / Georgian Teal: Noted only on 1 day, Papallacta lake on 11th.
- male: Probably the least expected bird was an eclipse male Pintail, being about 2 months early!
- white-cheeked: It was a lovely place, really, and we saw a White-cheeked Pintail which was new for us.
- single: Another pack of approaching wigeon produced a pleasant surprise for there was a single duck pintail in their midst.
- few: Nettley's Hide produced WIGEON, TEAL and SHOVELER, mostly, also a few PINTAIL.
Modifies a noun
- duck: The Reserve already supports more than 1 % of the UKâs wintering population of shoveller and pintail ducks.
Noun used with modifier
