tail
/ˈteɪ̯l/
The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca; An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails; a strand of material hanging from something; The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything
- plural
- tails
Meanings
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The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca
Some cats don't have tails.
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC BY 2.0 FR
My pig has no tail.
Tatoeba · Tom9358 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails; a strand of material hanging from something
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The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything
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The feathers attached to the pygostyle of a birdrare
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The tail-end of any objectrare
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The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennagerare
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The visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar windrare
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The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this partrare
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The part of a distribution most distant from the moderare
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One who surreptitiously follows anotherrare