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noun
Any of several species of swifts of Apodinae, having shafts of the tailfeathers terminate in rigid spines.
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noun
Any of several species of South American and Central American clamatorial birds belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of the ovenbird family Furnariidae.
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noun
A ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, dialectal
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History
From spine + tail.
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