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stifftail (also stiff-tailed duck) nounA diving duck with a stiff tail of pointed feathers, often held up at an angle.- Family Anatidae: four genera, in particular Oxyura, and several species, e.g. the ruddy duck.
A couple of years ago, a pair of ruddy duck arrived: small, sexually aggressive stifftail ducks with bright blue bills....- Some of his books are technical surveys of groups such as owls, hummingbirds, and stifftail ducks.
- Modern authors accept that we are dealing with two species of stifftail in Europe.
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