sprigtail

English

Etymology

sprig +‎ tail

Noun

sprigtail (plural sprigtails)

1. (US, dialect) The pintail duck.
2. (US, dialect) The sharp-tailed grouse.

Synonyms

• (duck): sprig

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “sprigtail”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)