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PIN-TAILED DUCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pin-tailed duck mean?
• PIN-TAILED DUCK (noun)
The noun PIN-TAILED DUCK has 1 sense:
1. long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers
Familiarity information: PIN-TAILED DUCK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Anas acuta; pin-tailed duck; pintail
Hypernyms ("pin-tailed duck" is a kind of...):
duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)
Holonyms ("pin-tailed duck" is a member of...):
Anas; genus Anas (type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks)
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