stekelstaart
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From stekel (“prickle, spine”) + staart (“tail”). Compare English spinetail, which refers to many of the species also indicated with this Dutch term.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
stekelstaart m (plural stekelstaarten, diminutive stekelstaartje n)
- Common designation for a wide variety of birds with particularly pointy and/or stiff tails, particularly:
- Any of various furnariid birds (ovenbirds) or spinetails, particularly of the genus Cranioleuca.
- A stiff-tailed duck; any bird of the subfamily Oxyurinae.
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Further reading[edit]
stekelstaart on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
