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spindletail

spindletail noun: the pintail duck.

Noun

spindletail (plural spindletails)

  1. (US, obsolete) The pintail duck.

Forms of spindletail

pluralspindletails

Origin of spindletail

From spindle + tail.

Questions about spindletail

What does spindletail mean?
Spindletail means the pintail duck.
What part of speech is spindletail?
Spindletail is a noun.
What is the plural of spindletail?
The plural of spindletail is spindletails.

Words near spindletail in the dictionary

  1. Spindleman
  2. Spindler
  3. Spindlers
  4. spindles
  5. spindleshanks
  6. spindletail
  7. spindletails
  8. spindlewise
  9. spindlewood
  10. spindlework
  11. spindleworm

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