Definition of Anas acuta

1. Noun. Long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers.

Exact synonyms: Pin-tailed Duck, Pintail
Generic synonyms: Duck
Group relationships: Anas, Genus Anas

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anas Acuta

Anand
Ananda
Ananias
Anansi
Anapa
Anaphalis
Anaphalis margaritacea
Anaplasma centrale
Anaplasma marginale
Anaplasma ovis
Anaprox
Anapsida
Anapurna
Anarhichadidae
Anarhichas
Anas acuta (current term)
Anas americana
Anas clypeata
Anas crecca
Anas discors
Anas penelope
Anas platyrhynchos
Anas querquedula
Anas rubripes
Anasa
Anasa tristis
Anasazi
Anasazis
Anaspida
Anastacia

Literary usage of Anas acuta

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1843)
"PINTAIL DUCK, Anas acuta, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. iii. p. 214; vol. vp 615. Male, 29, 36. Female, 22^, 34. From Texas, throughout the interior, ..."

2. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York by New York Academy of Sciences (1828)
"Anas acuta, L. Mirror green, margined with black and white, above with rusty ; tail very long, ... Pintail Dusk, Anas acuta, Wih. Am Orn. viii. p. ..."

3. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"By many recent systematists, the Pintail (Anas acuta of LINN-EUS) has been separated from the other Teals, on account of the greater elongation of the two ..."

4. The History, Antiquities, Topography, and Statistics of Eastern India by Robert Montgomery Martin (1838)
"... can be the anas acuta, or pintail of Europe, which scarcely ventures to a climate less rigid than the shores of Orkney. A class of people called Kol ..."

5. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London by Linnean Society of London (1798)
"... with which the trachea ends, and which is a trifle above the level of the top of the labyrinth. XIV. Anas acuta— The PINTAIL DUCK. fab. xiii. Fig. 6. ..."

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