| 单词 | sprig-tailed duck |
| 释义 | > as lemmassprig-tailed duck sprig-tailed duck n. U.S. the pintail duck, Anas acuta, the male of which has two long pointed feathers in the tail.Cf. sprig n.2 5a, sprigtail n. 2. ΚΠ 1792 J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampsh. III. 168 Mallard, or sprig-tailed duck, Anas acuta. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 39 A cuneate tail..is also called pointed, in contradistinction to rounded, as in the sprig-tailed duck. 1910 D. W. Huntington Our Wild Fowl & Waders xii. 88 A frog in his brother's duck pond was killed which had devoured a young sprig-tailed duck. 2007 A. E. Kaye Joining Places i. 33 Frigate birds, great loons,..green-winged teals, sprig-tailed ducks floated on the waters. < as lemmas |
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