pintail
Americannoun
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a long-necked river duck, Anas acuta, of the Old and New Worlds, having long and narrow middle tail feathers.
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Origin of pintail
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Pintail ducks arriving in California on their journey along the Pacific flyway will find depleted waterways and wetlands.
From National Geographic • Jul. 16, 2015
Other bird speeds: Pintail duck 55-65 m. p. h.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pintail: Anas acuta Linnaeus.—This is a local summer resident in marshland.
From The Breeding Birds of Kansas by Johnston, Richard F.
Winter passed by, and the next spring the Pintail seemed to have become a convert to her blandishments, for they nested and produced seven or eight young ones.”
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) by Darwin, Charles
Pintail, drake, plumage of; pairing with a wild duck.
From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles
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