English Explanatory Dictionary

spiketail

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pintail duck (Anas spp.).
  2. A dragonfly of family Cordulegastridae
  3. Any of member of species of genus Stachyurus of deciduous shrubs or small trees, native to the Himalayas and eastern Asia.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spiketail.wav

Word forms

spiketail spiketails

Etymology

From spike + tail.

Synonyms

biddie flying adder

Derived words

Apache spiketail arrowhead spiketail brown spiketail delta-spotted spiketail Ouachita spiketail Pacific spiketail Say's spiketail spiketail gourami spiketail molly spiketail paradisefish tiger spiketail twin-spotted spiketail
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary