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Sheartail :: Sheartail (n.) Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Thaumastura having a long forked tail.

Shama :: Shama (n.) A saxicoline singing bird (Kittacincla macroura) of India, noted for the sweetness and power of its song. In confinement it imitates the notes of other birds and various animals with accuracy. Its head, neck, back, breast, and tail are glossy black, the rump white, the under parts chestnut..

Kingbird :: Kingbird (n.) A small American bird (Tyrannus tyrannus, or T. Carolinensis), noted for its courage in attacking larger birds, even hawks and eagles, especially when they approach its nest in the breeding season. It is a typical tyrant flycatcher, taking various insects upon the wing. It is dark ash above, and blackish on the head and tail. The quills and wing coverts are whitish at the edges. It is white beneath, with a white terminal band on the tail. The feathers on the head of the adults show

Rat-tailed :: Rat-tailed (a.) Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat..

Coendoo :: Coendoo (n.) The Brazilian porcupine (Cercolades, / Sphingurus, prehensiles), remarkable for its prehensile tail..

Clipping :: Clipping (n.) The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing; the practice of clipping the edges of coins..

Maguari :: Maguari (n.) A South American stork (Euxenara maguari), having a forked tail..

Goose :: Goose (n.) A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which resembles the neck of a goose..

Cocktail :: Cocktail (n.) A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward..

Patas :: Patas (n.) A West African long-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus ruber); the red monkey.

Tarsius :: Tarsius (n.) A genus of nocturnal lemurine mammals having very large eyes and ears, a long tail, and very long proximal tarsal bones; -- called also malmag, spectral lemur, podji, and tarsier..

Split-tail :: Split-tail (n.) A california market fish (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus) belonging to the Carp family.

Bob :: Bob (n.) To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail..

Swingletree :: Swingletail (n.) The thrasher, or fox shark. See Thrasher..

Pan :: Pan (n.) The god of shepherds, guardian of bees, and patron of fishing and hunting. He is usually represented as having the head and trunk of a man, with the legs, horns, and tail of a goat, and as playing on the shepherd's pipe, which he is said to have invented..

Woodchat :: Woodchat (n.) A European shrike (Enneoctonus rufus). In the male the head and nape are rufous red; the back, wings, and tail are black, varied with white..

Daggle-tail :: Daggle-tail (a.) Alt. of Daggle-taile.

Circumstance :: Circumstance (n.) Circumlocution; detail.

Frank-marriage :: Frank-marriage (n.) A certain tenure in tail special; an estate of inheritance given to a man his wife (the wife being of the blood of the donor), and descendible to the heirs of their two bodies begotten..

By-law :: By-law (n.) A law that is less important than a general law or constitutional provision, and subsidiary to it; a rule relating to a matter of detail; as, civic societies often adopt a constitution and by-laws for the government of their members. In this sense the word has probably been influenced by by, meaning secondary or aside..

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