Definition of tail

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Tail (n.) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything..

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Tapir :: Tapir (n.) Any one of several species of large odd-toed ungulates belonging to Tapirus, Elasmognathus, and allied genera. They have a long prehensile upper lip, short ears, short and stout legs, a short, thick tail, and short, close hair. They have three toes on the hind feet, and four toes on the fore feet, but the outermost toe is of little use..
Sloth :: Sloth (n.) Any one of several species of arboreal edentates constituting the family Bradypodidae, and the suborder Tardigrada. They have long exserted limbs and long prehensile claws. Both jaws are furnished with teeth (see Illust. of Edentata), and the ears and tail are rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and Mexico..
Dovetail :: Dovetail (v. t.) To join by means of dovetails.
Scyphophori :: Scyphophori (n. pl.) An order of fresh-water fishes inhabiting tropical Africa. They have rudimentary electrical organs on each side of the tail.
Poor-willie :: Poor-willie (n.) The bar-tailed godwit.
Menu :: Menu (n.) The details of a banquet; a bill of fare.
Prolix :: Prolix (a.) Extending to a great length; unnecessarily long; minute in narration or argument; excessively particular in detail; -- rarely used except with reference to discourse written or spoken; as, a prolix oration; a prolix poem; a prolix sermon..
Pigtail :: Pigtail (n.) A kind of twisted chewing tobacco.
Tatou :: Tatou (n.) The giant armadillo (Priodontes gigas) of tropical South America. It becomes nearly five feet long including the tail. It is noted for its burrowing powers, feeds largely upon dead animals, and sometimes invades human graves..
Minute :: Minute (a.) Attentive to small things; paying attention to details; critical; particular; precise; as, a minute observer; minute observation..
Quaketail :: Quaketail (n.) A wagtail.
Uropygial :: Uropygial (a.) Of or pertaining to the uropygium, or prominence at the base of the tail feathers, in birds..
Chimera :: Chimera (n.) A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon..
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets..
Epitomize :: Epitomize (v. t.) To diminish, as by cutting off something; to curtail; as, to epitomize words..
Tailor :: Tailor (n.) The silversides.
Particular :: Particular (n.) A separate or distinct member of a class, or part of a whole; an individual fact, point, circumstance, detail, or item, which may be considered separately; as, the particulars of a story..
Sunfish :: Sunfish (n.) A very large oceanic plectognath fish (Mola mola, Mola rotunda, or Orthagoriscus mola) having a broad body and a truncated tail..
Tailor :: Tailor (n.) One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer garments..
Splitter :: Split-tail (n.) The pintail duck.
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