Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The pintail or sprig, a duck, Dafila acuta. See cut under
Dafila . - noun The sharp-tailed or pin-tailed grouse, Pediœcetes phasianellus columbianus: more fully sprig-tailed grouse. See cut under
Pediœcetes .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Local, U.S., Local, U.S., Local, U.S. The pintail duck; -- called also
sprig , andspreet-tail . - noun Local, U.S. The sharp-tailed grouse.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US, dialect The
pintail duck . - noun US, dialect The sharp-tailed
grouse .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North America
- noun large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North America
Etymologies
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sprig + tail?
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mollusque commented on the word sprigtail
Ruddy duck.
April 5, 2009
reesetee commented on the word sprigtail
Or a Sharp-Tailed Grouse. (Go figure.)
April 6, 2009