- A northern duck (Dafila acuta), native of both continents.
The adult male has a long, tapering tail. Called also gray duck,
piketail, piket-tail, spike-tail, split-tail, springtail, sea pheasant,
and gray widgeon. - The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and Rocky
Mountains (Pediocaetes phasianellus); -- called also pintailed grouse,
pintailed chicken, springtail, and sharptail.
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