spike tail (spiktal)

Same as pintail, 1. [Illinois.] spike-tailed (spik'tāld), a. Having a spiked tail. - Spike-tailed grouse, the sharp-tailed, sprig tailed, or pin-tailed grouse, Pediœcetes phasianellus or columbia nus. See cut under Pediœcetes. spike-team (spīk'tēm), n. A team consisting of three horses or other draft-animals, two of which are at the pole while the third leads. spiky (spī ́ki), a. [ IMG:content-1745.jpg:[blocks in formation] 2. Set with spikes; covered with spikes. The spiky wheels through heaps of carnage tore. Pope, Iliad, xx. 585.