Found 2 hits - Term: split-tail, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
split-tail \split"-tail`\ -t=al`, n. zool.
a a california market fish pogonichthys macrolepidotus
belonging to the carp family.
b the pintail duck.
1913 webster
see also:
pogonichthys macrolepidotus
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pintail \pin"tail`\, n.
1. zool. a northern duck dafila acuta, native of both
continents. the adult male has a long, tapering tail.
called also gray duck, piketail, piket-tail,
spike-tail, split-tail, springtail, sea pheasant,
and gray widgeon.
1913 webster
2. zool. the sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and
rocky mountains pediocaetes phasianellus; -- called
also pintailed grouse, pintailed chicken,
springtail, and sharptail.
1913 webster
see also:
dafila acuta gray duck piketail piket-tail spike-tail split-tail
springtail sea pheasant gray widgeon pediocaetes phasianellus pintailed grouse
pintailed chicken sharptail
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