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sprig tail

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sprig⋅tail

  [sprig-teyl]
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–noun
1. the pintail, Anas acuta.
2. ruddy duck.
3. sharp-tailed grouse.
Origin:
1670–80; sprig + tail 1
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sharp-tailed grouse

  [shahrp-teyld]
–noun
a grouse, Pedioecetes phasianellus, of prairies and open forests of western North America, similar in size to the prairie chicken but with a more pointed tail.
Also called sprigtail.

Origin:
1775–85, Americanism
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