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

pintail Related Forms

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

drake: A flooded roadside area held numerous MALLARD, a few AMERICAN WIGEON and my first drake PINTAIL of the trip.
m: There were single Shelduck and m Pintail on the sea, with another m Pintail by the eastern Pool.

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