pintail

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: pin=tail

CIDE DICTIONARY

pintail, n. 

•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and Rocky Mountains (Pediocætes phasianellus); -- called also pintailed grouse, pintailed chicken, springtail, and sharptail.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pintail, n. a duck, esp. Anas acuta, or grouse with a pointed tail.