sprigtail

2 definitions found

sprigtail - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sprigtail \Sprig"tail`\ (spr[i^]g"t[=a]l`), n. (Zool.)
     (a) The pintail duck; -- called also sprig, and
         spreet-tail. [Local, U.S.]
     (b) The sharp-tailed grouse. [Local, U.S.]
         [1913 Webster]

sprigtail - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sprigtail
      n 1: large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North
           America [syn: sharp-tailed grouse, sprigtail, sprig tail
           , Pedioecetes phasianellus]