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Pintail vs Spiketail - What's the difference?

pintail | spiketail |

As nouns the difference between pintail and spiketail

is that pintail is a pintail duck, a type of dabbling duck with a characteristic pointed tail while spiketail is (us|dialect) the pintail duck.

pintail

English

Noun

(pintails)
  • A pintail duck, a type of dabbling duck with a characteristic pointed tail.
  • # A northern pintail, Anas acuta , a dabbling duck of the northern hemisphere that has a long pointed tail.
  • A pin-tailed snipe, Gallinago stenura .
  • * 1994 , James William Fitch, Motor Truck Engineering Handbook (page 110)
    • The collar is placed over the fastener pintail and the installation tool is placed over the pintail. The tool pulls on the pin drawing the parts together until the collar is swaged into locking grooves.

    Synonyms

    * (Anas acuta) cracker, northern pintail, sea pheasant, sea-pheasant

    spiketail

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, dialect) The pintail duck.
    • (Webster 1913)