"spinetail" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spinetails [plural]
Etymology: spine + tail Etymology templates: {{compound|en|spine|tail}} spine + tail Head templates: {{en-noun}} spinetail (plural spinetails)
  1. Any of several species of swifts of Apodinae, having shafts of the tailfeathers terminate in rigid spines.
    Sense id: en-spinetail-en-noun-2gO0vmWZ
  2. Any of several species of South American and Central American clamatorial birds belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of the family Dendrocolaptidae, allied to the ovenbirds.
    Sense id: en-spinetail-en-noun-cptXttUL
  3. (US, dialect) A ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis). Tags: US, dialectal Categories (lifeform): Apodiforms, Ducks, Ovenbirds
    Sense id: en-spinetail-en-noun-Gytv949h Disambiguation of Apodiforms: 11 33 56 Disambiguation of Ducks: 10 33 58 Disambiguation of Ovenbirds: 11 37 52 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 22 63 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 22 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: needletail (english: occasionally a synonym of spinetail)
Derived forms: in Apodinae, bat-like spinetail (taxonomic: Neafrapus boehmi), black spinetail (taxonomic: Telacanthura melanopygia), Böhm's spinetail (taxonomic: Neafrapus boehmi), Cassin's spinetail (taxonomic: Neafrapus cassini), Madagascan spinetail, Madagascar spinetail, Malagasy spinetail (taxonomic: Zoonavena grandidieri), mottled spinetail (taxonomic: Telacanthura ussheri), Papuan spinetail (taxonomic: Mearnsia novaeguineae), Philippine spinetail (taxonomic: Mearnsia picina), Sabine's spinetail (taxonomic: Rhaphidura sabini), silver-rumped spinetail (taxonomic: Rhaphidura leucopygialis), São Tomé spinetail (taxonomic: Zoonavena thomensis), white-rumped spinetail (taxonomic: Zoonavena sylvatica), in Synallaxis, Apurímac spinetail, Araguaia spinetail, Azara's spinetail, Bahia spinetail, black-throated spinetail, blackish-headed spinetail, Cabanis's spinetail, chestnut-throated spinetail, Chinchiope spinetail, cinereous-breasted spinetail, dark-breasted spinetail, dusky spinetail, great spinetail, grey-bellied spinetail, hoary-throated spinetail, Marañón spinetail, McConnell's spinetail, necklaced spinetail, ochre-cheeked spinetail, pale-breasted spinetail, Pinto's spinetail, plain-crowned spinetail, red-shouldered spinetail, Río Orinoco spinetail, ruddy spinetail, rufous spinetail, rufous-breasted spinetail, rufous-capped spinetail, russet-bellied spinetail, rusty-headed spinetail, silver-throated spinetail, slaty spinetail, sooty-fronted spinetail, Spix's spinetail, stripe-breasted spinetail, white-lored spinetail, white-whiskered spinetail, formerly in Synallaxis, chotoy spinetail (taxonomic: Schoeniophylax phryganophilus), white-bellied spinetail (taxonomic: Mazaria propinqua), white-browed spinetail (taxonomic: Hellmayrea gularis), Other, Parker's spinetail (taxonomic: Cranioleuca vulpecula), tit-spinetail (taxonomic: Leptasthenura spp.), white-breasted spinetail (taxonomic: Cranioleuca vulpecula)

Inflected forms

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