Definition of tail

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Tail (n.) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.

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Tip-up :: Tip-up (n.) The spotted sandpiper; -- called also teeter-tail. See under Sandpiper.
Waterie :: Waterie (n.) The pied wagtail; -- so called because it frequents ponds.
Kangaroo :: Kangaroo (n.) Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidae. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, They have long and strong hind legs and a large tail, while the fore legs are comparatively short and feeble. The giant kangaroo (Macropus major) is the largest species, sometimes becoming twelve or fourteen feet in total length. The tree kangaroos, belonging to the genus Dendrolagus, live in trees; the rock kangaroos, of the genus Petrogale, inhab
Culvertailed :: Culvertailed (a.) United or fastened by a dovetailed joint.
Splitter :: Split-tail (n.) The pintail duck.
Yellowtail :: Yellowtail (n.) The mademoiselle, or silver perch..
Daggle-tailed :: Daggle-tailed (a.) Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.
Sartorial :: Sartorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a tailor or his work.
Washerwoman :: Washerwoman (n.) The pied wagtail; -- so called in allusion to its beating the water with its tail while tripping along the leaves of water plants.
Nereid :: Nereid (n.) A sea nymph, one of the daughters of Nereus, who were attendants upon Neptune, and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes with the human form entire, and sometimes with the tail of a fish..
Batailled :: Batailled (a.) Embattled.
Entail :: Entail (n.) Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.
Graduate :: Graduate (v. i.) To taper, as the tail of certain birds..
Tagtail :: Tagtail (n.) A worm which has its tail conspicuously colored.
Curtail :: Curtail (n.) The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc..
Tailor :: Tailor (n.) The silversides.
Macaw :: Macaw (n.) Any parrot of the genus Sittace, or Macrocercus. About eighteen species are known, all of them American. They are large and have a very long tail, a strong hooked bill, and a naked space around the eyes. The voice is harsh, and the colors are brilliant and strongly contrasted..
Tailzie :: Tailzie (n.) An entailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted..
Roughtail :: Roughtail (n.) Any species of small ground snakes of the family Uropeltidae; -- so called from their rough tails.
Spindleworm :: Spindletail (n.) The pintail duck.
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