stekelstaart

== 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 === === Noun === stekelstaart m (plural stekelstaarten, diminutive stekelstaartje n) Common designation for a wide variety of birds with particularly pointy and/or stiff tails, particularly: any of various furnariid birds (ovenbirds) or spinetails, particularly of the genus Cranioleuca a stiff-tailed duck; any bird of the subfamily Oxyurinae ==== Derived terms ==== rosse stekelstaart === Further reading === stekelstaart on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl