Definition of tail

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Tail (n.) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes. It is formed of the permanent elongated style.

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Spineted :: Spine-tailed (a.) Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips..
Bicaudal :: Bicaudal (a.) Having, or terminating in, two tails..
Ecaudate :: Ecaudate (a.) Tailless.
Decurt :: Decurt (v. t.) To cut short; to curtail.
Entail :: Entail (n.) An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue..
Detail :: Detail (n.) A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
Tailing :: Tailing (n.) Sexual intercourse.
Caparro :: Caparro (n.) A large South American monkey (Lagothrix Humboldtii), with prehensile tail..
Scut :: Scut (n.) The tail of a hare, or of a deer, or other animal whose tail is short, sp. when carried erect; hence, sometimes, the animal itself..
Fishwoman :: Fishwoman (n.) A woman who retails fish.
Homocercy :: Homocercy (n.) The possession of a homocercal tail.
Rattlesnake :: Rattlesnake (n.) Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States (Crotalus horridus), and the diamond rattlesnake of the South (C. adamanteus), are the best known. See Illust. of Fang..
Margay :: Margay (n.) An American wild cat (Felis tigrina), ranging from Mexico to Brazil. It is spotted with black. Called also long-tailed cat..
Daggle-tailed :: Daggle-tailed (a.) Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.
Splitter :: Split-tail (n.) The pintail duck.
Cornet :: Cornet (n.) A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares..
Wiggle :: Wiggle (v. t.) To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles in the water..
Tail :: Tail (v. t.) To pull or draw by the tail.
Redstart :: Redstart (n.) An American fly-catching warbler (Setophaga ruticilla). The male is black, with large patches of orange-red on the sides, wings, and tail. The female is olive, with yellow patches..
Fantail :: Fantail (n.) Any bird of the Australian genus Rhipidura, in which the tail is spread in the form of a fan during flight. They belong to the family of flycatchers..
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