PINTAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pintail mean? 

• PINTAIL (noun)
  The noun PINTAIL has 1 sense:

1. long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers

  Familiarity information: PINTAIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PINTAIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anas acuta; pin-tailed duck; pintail

Hypernyms ("pintail" is a kind of...):

duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)

Holonyms ("pintail" is a member of...):

Anas; genus Anas (type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks)