PINTAIL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Anas acuta; pin-tailed duck; pintail

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Nouns denoting animals

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)

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