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pylstert

“pylstert” is an Afrikaans word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a tail resembling an arrow or an arrowhead
  2. northern pintail (duck of the species Anas acuta)
  3. stingray
  4. shaft-tailed whydah, queen whydah (bird of the species Vidua regia)
  5. hawk moth
  6. the tail or rear of an arrow, including nock and fletching

proper noun

  1. the Devil

Etymology

Inherited from Dutch pijlstaart, equivalent to pyl (“arrow”) + stert (“tail”).

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