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Definition of Spinetails

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Ruddy Rud"dy, a. [Compar. Ruddier; superl. Ruddiest.] [AS. rudig. See Rud, n.] 1. Of a red color; red, or reddish; as, a ruddy sky; a ruddy flame. --Milton. They were more ruddy in body than rubies. --Lam. iv. 7. 2. Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips. --Dryden. Ruddy duck (Zo["o]l.), an American duck (Erismatura rubida) having a broad bill and a wedge-shaped tail composed of stiff, sharp feathers. The adult male is rich brownish red on the back, sides, and neck, black on the top of the head, nape, wings, and tail, and white on the cheeks. The female and young male are dull brown mixed with blackish on the back; grayish below. Called also dunbird, dundiver, ruddy diver, stifftail, spinetail, hardhead, sleepy duck, fool duck, spoonbill, etc. Ruddy plover (Zo["o]l.) the sanderling.
Spinetail
Spinetail Spine"tail`, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any one or several species of swifts of the genus Acanthylis, or Ch[ae]tura, 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 clamatorial birds belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of the family Dendrocolaptid[ae]. They are allied to the ovenbirds. (c) The ruddy duck. [Local, U.S.]

Meaning of Spinetails from wikipedia

- Spinetail can refer to birds of several genera: Family Apodidae (swifts): Mearnsia Zoonavena Telacanthura Rhaphidura Neafrapus Family Furnariidae (ovenbirds):...
- bay-capped wren-spinetail Genus Asthenes – canasteros (29 species) Genus Certhiaxis – spinetails (2 species) Genus Mazaria – white-bellied spinetail Genus Schoeniophylax...
- The spinetail mobula (Mobula ****anica), also known as the spinetail devil ray or ****anese mobula ray, is a species of pelagic marine fish which belongs...
- first part of their name. The "spinetail" part of their name refers to their long, pointed tail feathers. Tit-spinetails have short rounded wings, short...
- is also the highest elevation that line-ch****ed spinetails occur. In Ecuador, line-ch****ed spinetails can occupy elevations as low as 800m, whereas it...
- cuckoos of the Americas (only other are Dromococcyx), and typical hosts are spinetails, but often also wrens, and other species with domed nests. The female...
- The grey-bellied spinetail is monotypic. It and the ochre-ch****ed spinetail (S. scutata) are sister species. The grey-bellied spinetail is 13.5 to 15 cm...
- variation, zoogeography, and possible rapid evolution in some Cranioluca spinetails (Furnariidae) of the Andes". Wilson Bulletin. 96 (4): 515–523. Clements...
- The pale-breasted spinetail (Synallaxis albescens) is a p****erine bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in...
- The mottled spinetail (Telacanthura ussheri) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central...