split-tail

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split-tail - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Split-tail \Split"-tail`\ (-t[=a]l`), n. (Zool.)
     (a) A California market fish (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus)
         belonging to the Carp family.
     (b) The pintail duck.
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  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.
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     2. (Zool.) The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and
        Rocky Mountains (Pedioc[ae]tes phasianellus); -- called
        also pintailed grouse, pintailed chicken,
        springtail, and sharptail.
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