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Answer for the clue "Long-necked river 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.).

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 ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A pintail duck, a type of dabbling duck with a characteristic pointed tail. 2 # A northern pintail, ''Anas acuta'', a dabbling duck of the northern hemisphere that has a long pointed tail. 3 A pin-tailed snipe, ''Gallinago stenura''. 4 (cx engineering ...

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.