Spinetail can refer to birds of several genera: ...
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• (n.) The ruddy duck. • (n.) Any one of several species of South American and Central American clamatorial birds belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of the family Dendrocolaptidae. They are allied to the ovenbirds. • (n.) Any one or several species of swifts of the genus Acanthylis, or Chaetura, and allied genera, in which the...
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<zoology> Any one or several species of swifts of the genus Acanthylis, or Chaetura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines. ... Any one of several species of South American and Central American clamatorial birds belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of the family Dendrocolaptidae. They are a...
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Spine'tail` noun (Zoology) (a) Any one or several species of swifts of the genus
Acanthylis , or
Chætura , and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines.
(b) Any one of several species of South American and Central American c...
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