English Explanatory Dictionary

spinetail

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several species of swifts of Apodinae, having shafts of the tailfeathers terminate in rigid spines.
  2. Any of several species of South American and Central American clamatorial birds belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of the ovenbird family Furnariidae.
  3. A ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis).

Word forms

spinetail spinetails

Etymology

From spine + tail.

Related words

needletail

Derived words

in Apodinae bat-like spinetail black spinetail Böhm's spinetail Cassin's spinetail Madagascan spinetail Madagascar spinetail Malagasy spinetail mottled spinetail Papuan spinetail Philippine spinetail Sabine's spinetail silver-rumped spinetail São Tomé spinetail white-rumped spinetail in Synallaxis Apurímac spinetail Araguaia spinetail Azara's spinetail Bahia spinetail black-throated spinetail blackish-headed spinetail Cabanis's spinetail chestnut-throated spinetail Chinchiope spinetail cinereous-breasted spinetail dark-breasted spinetail dusky spinetail great spinetail grey-bellied spinetail hoary-throated spinetail Marañón spinetail McConnell's spinetail necklaced spinetail ochre-cheeked spinetail pale-breasted spinetail Pinto's spinetail plain-crowned spinetail red-shouldered spinetail Río Orinoco spinetail ruddy spinetail rufous spinetail rufous-breasted spinetail rufous-capped spinetail russet-bellied spinetail rusty-headed spinetail silver-throated spinetail slaty spinetail sooty-fronted spinetail Spix's spinetail stripe-breasted spinetail white-lored spinetail white-whiskered spinetail formerly in Synallaxis chotoy spinetail white-bellied spinetail white-browed spinetail Other Parker's spinetail tit-spinetail
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