stekelstaart

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word stekelstaart. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word stekelstaart, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say stekelstaart in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word stekelstaart you have here. The definition of the word stekelstaart will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofstekelstaart, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Dutch

Etymology

From stekel (“prickle, spine”) +‎ staart (“tail”). Compare English spinetail, which refers to many of the species also indicated with this Dutch term.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

stekelstaart m (plural stekelstaarten, diminutive stekelstaartje n)

  1. Common designation for a wide variety of birds with particularly pointy and/or stiff tails, particularly:
    1. any of various furnariid birds (ovenbirds) or spinetails, particularly of the genus Cranioleuca
    2. a stiff-tailed duck; any bird of the subfamily Oxyurinae

Derived terms

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia