Spinetail
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Spinetail is a noun meaning Any of several species of swifts of Apodinae, having shafts of the tailfeathers terminate in rigid spines.
Meaning
Any of several species of swifts of Apodinae, having shafts of the tailfeathers terminate in rigid spines.
More Meanings
- (US, dialect) A ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis).
- Any of several species of South American and Central American clamatorial birds belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of the ovenbird family Furnariidae.
Word Forms
- spinetails
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tit-spinetail, needletail, treeswift, spiketail, fantail, swift.
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