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Migratory duck
Answer for the clue "Migratory duck ", 7 letters:
pintail
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Word definitions for pintail in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
type of duck, 1767, from pin (n.1) + tail (n.).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Pintail may refer to: A group of dabbling ducks containing: Northern pintail ( Anas acuta ), sometimes called the pintail , the most common pintail species White-cheeked pintail ( Anas bahamensis ), from the Caribbean, South America and the Galápagos Yellow-billed ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pintail \Pin"tail`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) 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 ...
Usage examples of pintail.
He even went shooting, for numerous birds had been introduced into the crypt -- pintails, snipes, ducks, who fed on the fish which swarmed in the deep waters.
Actually, left to right, they're a merganser, a pintail, and a lesser scaup.
You could see pintails, teal, widgeon, both males and females in winter plumage, and there were wild ducks that I had never seen with plumage as delicate and complicated as our wood ducks.