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De - Pt| English Dictionary: spinetail | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for spinetail | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Ruddy \Rud"dy\, a. [Compar. {Ruddier}; superl. {Ruddiest}.] [AS. rudig. See {Rud}, n.] 1. Of a red color; red, or reddish; as, a ruddy sky; a ruddy flame. --Milton. They were more ruddy in body than rubies. --Lam. iv. 7. 2. Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips. --Dryden. {Ruddy duck} (Zo[94]l.), an American duck ({Erismatura rubida}) having a broad bill and a wedge-shaped tail composed of stiff, sharp feathers. The adult male is rich brownish red on the back, sides, and neck, black on the top of the head, nape, wings, and tail, and white on the cheeks. The female and young male are dull brown mixed with blackish on the back; grayish below. Called also {dunbird}, {dundiver}, {ruddy diver}, {stifftail}, {spinetail}, {hardhead}, {sleepy duck}, {fool duck}, {spoonbill}, etc. {Ruddy plover} (Zo[94]l.) the sanderling. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Spinetail \Spine"tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one or several species of swifts of the genus {Acanthylis}, or {Ch[91]tura}, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines. (b) Any one of several species of South American and Central American clamatorial birds belonging to {Synallaxis} and allied genera of the family {Dendrocolaptid[91]}. They are allied to the ovenbirds. (c) The ruddy duck. [Local, U.S.] | |
