'Split-tail' definitions:
Definition of 'Split-tail'
From: GCIDE
- Split-tail \Split"-tail`\ (-t[=a]l`), n. (Zool.) (a) A California market fish (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus) belonging to the Carp family. (b) The pintail duck. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'split-tail'
From: GCIDE
- Pintail \Pin"tail`\, n.
- 1. (Zool.) A northern duck (Dafila acuta), native of both continents. The adult male has a long, tapering tail. Called also gray duck, piketail, piket-tail, spike-tail, split-tail, springtail, sea pheasant, and gray widgeon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and Rocky Mountains (Pedioc[ae]tes phasianellus); -- called also pintailed grouse, pintailed chicken, springtail, and sharptail. [1913 Webster]