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Definition of Pintailed
1. a. Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest; -- said of birds.
Definition of Pintailed
1. Adjective. (zoology) Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pintailed
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pintailed
Literary usage of Pintailed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shikar Sketches: With Notes on Indian Field-sports by James Moray Brown (1887)
"... Jheel—Solitary Snipe—pintailed, Painted, and Jack Snipe—Black, Painted, and
Grey Partridge—Quail— A ' Family ' Shot—Mixed Bag—Variety of Game at Delhi. ..."
2. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1865)
"With regard to the arrival of Snipes in the neighbourhood of Barrackpore, I have
ascertained that the pintailed probably arrive earlier, and in greater ..."
3. Things Chinese: Or, Notes Connected with China by James Dyer Ball (1904)
"pintailed Snipe.—Is the second of the two migratory species ; is to be found
frequenting the same haunts as the Swinhoe's.and in their company, and migrates ..."
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