Spine-tailed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spine-tailed \Spine"-tailed\, a. (Zool.)
     Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Spine-tailed swift}. (Zool.) See {Spinetail}
     (a) .


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