spinetail

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Synonyms: spiketail, pintail, springtail, spindletail, piketail, stingtail

Antonyms: spiketail, pintail, springtail, spindletail, piketail, stingtail

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. Any of several [[species]] of [[swift]]s of {{taxlink|Apodinae|subfamily}}, having [[shaft]]s of the [[tailfeather]]s terminate in rigid [[spines]].
2. Any of several species of South American and Central American [[clamatorial]] [[bird]]s belonging to {{taxfmt|Synallaxis|genus}} and allied genera of the [[ovenbird]] [[family]] {{taxfmt|Furnariidae|family}}.
3. {{lb|en|US|dialect}} A [[ruddy duck]] ({{taxfmt|Oxyura jamaicensis|species}}).

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