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Webster 1913 Edition
Pintail
Pin′tailˊ
,Noun.
1.
(Zool.)
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.
(Zool.)
The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and Rocky Mountains (
Pediocætes phasianellus
); – called also pintailed grouse
, pintailed chicken
, springtail
, and sharptail
. Definition 2024
pintail
pintail
English
Two pintails.
Noun
pintail (plural pintails)
- A pintail duck, a type of dabbling duck with a characteristic pointed tail.
- A northern pintail, Anas acuta, a dabbling duck of the northern hemisphere that has a long pointed tail.
- A pin-tailed snipe, Gallinago stenura.
- (engineering) The end of a fastening pin or mandrel on a Huckbolt or pop rivet that is broken off when installation is complete.
- 1994, James William Fitch, Motor Truck Engineering Handbook (page 110)
- The collar is placed over the fastener pintail and the installation tool is placed over the pintail. The tool pulls on the pin drawing the parts together until the collar is swaged into locking grooves.
- 1994, James William Fitch, Motor Truck Engineering Handbook (page 110)
Related terms
Synonyms
- (Anas acuta): cracker, northern pintail, sea pheasant, sea-pheasant
Translations
group of dabbling ducks — see pintail duck
Anas acuta — see northern pintail
Gallinago stenura — see pin-tailed snipe