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Rarespinetail
The correct spelling is spinetail.
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noun
Say it like: Spi-net-ayl
The correct spelling is spinetail. Any of several species of swifts of Acanthylis, Chaetura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines.
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noun
- 1.Any of several species of swifts of Acanthylis, Chaetura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines.
- 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.
- 3.The ruddy duck, Oxyura jamaicensis.
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