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sharp-tailed

sharp-tailed is the alternative form of sharptailed.

Meaning of sharptailed

Noun

sharptailed (plural sharptaileds)

  1. Any of various birds with a somewhat pointed tail, such as the sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) or sharp-tailed sparrow (Ammodramus spp.).
    • Le Conte's and sharptailed pass through on migration; grasshopper and Henslow's nest here.1988 April 8, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of sharp-tailed

pluralsharp-taileds

Phrases with sharp-tailed

Questions about sharp-tailed

What is sharp-tailed the alternative form of?
Sharp-tailed is the alternative form of sharptailed.

Words near sharp-tailed in the dictionary

  1. sharp-sharp
  2. sharp-shinned hawk
  3. sharp-shinned hawks
  4. sharp-shod
  5. sharp-sightedness
  6. sharp-tailed
  7. sharp-tailed grouse
  8. sharp-tailed grouses
  9. sharp-tailed sandpiper
  10. sharp-tailed sandpipers
  11. sharp-tailed sparrow

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