pintail

/pin-teyl/US // ˈpɪnˌteɪl //UK // (ˈpɪnˌteɪl) //

松尾鱼,凤尾鱼,针尾鱼,凤尾

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural pin·tails, pin·tail.
- : a long-necked river duck, Anas acuta, of the Old and New Worlds, having long and narrow middle tail feathers.
- : sharp-tailed grouse.

Among the earliest of the birds to forsake the plains of Hindustan are the grey-lag goose and the pintail duck.
By the third week in August good bags of pintail snipe are sometimes obtained in Bengal.
The pintail snipe (Gallinago stenura) are invariably the first to appear, but they visit only the eastern parts of Northern India.
The 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.