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northern pintail

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A large duck of the species Anas acuta, of wide geographic distribution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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  • Abkhaz: аҵы́хәеимҿаԥа (acʼə́xwejmĉʼapa) — Anas acuta
  • Ahtna: sahnaezi — Anas acuta
  • Arabic: بلبول شمالي — Anas acuta
  • Assamese: দীঘলনেজী (digholnezi) — Anas acuta
  • Bashkir: ҡылғойроҡ (qılğoyroq) — Anas acuta
  • Bengali: উত্তুরে ল্যাঞ্জাহাঁস (utture lênjahãs) — Anas acuta
  • Bhojpuri: दिघोंच (dighōñc) — Anas acuta
  • Bihari: दिघोंच — Anas acuta
  • Breton: houad lostek — Anas acuta
  • Catalan: ànec cuallarg — Anas acuta
  • West Circassian: бабыщкӏэпсы́гъуэ (babəśkʼɛpsə́ğwɛ) — Anas acuta
  • Czech: ostralka štíhlá — Anas acuta
  • Danish: spidsand — Anas acuta
  • Dutch: pijlstaart — Anas acuta
  • Faroese: snælduont — Anas acuta
  • Finnish: jouhisorsa — Anas acuta
  • German: Spießente — Anas acuta
  • Gujarati: સીંગપર (sī̃gpar) — Anas acuta
  • Italian: codone — Anas acuta
  • Japanese: 尾長鴨 (onagagamo) — Anas acuta
  • Kashmiri: سۆک پٔچھَن (sok pạchan) — Anas acuta
  • Korean: 고방오리 (gobang'ori) — Anas acuta
  • Lower Tanana: dranedha — Anas acuta
  • Malayalam: വാലൻ എരണ്ട (vālaṉ eraṇṭa) — Anas acuta
  • Maltese: silfjun — Anas acuta
  • Marathi: सरगे बदक (sarge badak) — Anas acuta
  • Nepali: सुइरोपुच्छ्रे (suiropucchre) — Anas acuta
  • Polish: rożeniec — Anas acuta
  • Romanian: rață sulițar — Anas acuta
  • Russian: ши́лохвость (šíloxvostʹ) — Anas acuta
  • Northern Sami: vuojaš — Anas acuta
  • Spanish: ánade rabudo — Anas acuta
  • Spanish: pato rabo de gallo — Anas acuta
  • Swedish: stjärtand — Anas acuta
  • Tamil: ஊசிவால் வாத்து (ūcivāl vāttu) — Anas acuta
  • Tanacross: dzehndeedh — Anas acuta
  • Turkish: kılkuyruk — Anas acuta
  • Venetan: asià — Anas acuta
  • Vietnamese: vịt mốc — Anas acuta
  • Walloon: mårlå al longue cawe — Anas acuta
  • Welsh: hwyaden lostfain — Anas acuta