pintail
noun
a long-necked river duck, Anas acuta, of the Old and New Worlds, having long and narrow middle tail feathers.
pintails
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pluralof pintail.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There and at ponds on the north side of Miller Butte there were also mallards, buffleheads, a greenwing teal, pintails, a couple of hooded mergansers, a ruddy duck and others.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 26, 2017
Mallards, teals and pintails are common on the Somerset Levels but according to Grahame Madge, the floods will have made it difficult for them to feed.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2014
For families, this can mean trading mouse ears for yoga mats, taking history tours, and spotting northern pintails in state and national parks.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2012
Since then, thousands of birders have observed it paddling among mallards, pintails and geese, said Lora Haller, who works at the Colusa Wildlife Refuge’s visitor center.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2012
We saw a flock of mallards alight in the short marsh grass and when I fired at least five hundred greenheads, yellow-nibs, and pintails rose in a brown cloud.
From Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' by Roy Chapman Andrews
