pintail
a long-necked river duck, Anas acuta, of the Old and New Worlds, having long and narrow middle tail feathers.
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Among the earliest of the birds to forsake the plains of Hindustan are the grey-lag goose and the pintail duck.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India | Douglas DewarBy the third week in August good bags of pintail snipe are sometimes obtained in Bengal.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India | Douglas DewarThe pintail snipe (Gallinago stenura) are invariably the first to appear, but they visit only the eastern parts of Northern India.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India | Douglas DewarThe common pintail duck, (Anas acuta,) is found here in vast flocks.
The movements of pintail, as just stated, are clearly regulated by the state of water in the marshes.
Wild Spain (Espaa agreste) | Abel Chapman
British Dictionary definitions for pintail
/ (ˈpɪnˌteɪl) /
a greyish-brown duck, Anas acuta, with slender pointed wings and a pointed tail
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