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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Horsetail :: Horsetail (n.) A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of the genus Equisetum, and is allied to the ferns. See Illust. of Equisetum..
Train :: Train (v.) The tail of a bird.
Finish :: Finish (n.) The labor required to give final completion to any work; hence, minute detail, careful elaboration, or the like..
Foxtail :: Foxtail (n.) The tail or brush of a fox.
Taille :: Taille (n.) Any imposition levied by the king, or any other lord, upon his subjects..
Lungoor :: Lungoor (n.) A long-tailed monkey (Semnopithecus schislaceus), from the mountainous districts of India..
Police :: Police (n.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison..
Yellowtail :: Yellowtail (n.) The menhaden.
Spinetail :: Spinetail (n.) Any one of several species of South American and Central American clamatorial birds belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of the family Dendrocolaptidae. They are allied to the ovenbirds.
Taphouse :: Taphouse (n.) A house where liquors are retailed.
Ecaudate :: Ecaudate (a.) Tailless.
Sciuroid :: Sciuroid (a.) Resembling the tail of a squirrel; -- generally said of branches which are close and dense, or of spikes of grass like barley..
Stenodermine :: Stenoderm (n.) Any species of bat belonging to the genus Stenoderma, native of the West Indies and South America. These bats have a short or rudimentary tail and a peculiarly shaped nose membrane..
Spaniel :: Spaniel (n.) One of a breed of small dogs having long and thick hair and large drooping ears. The legs are usually strongly feathered, and the tail bushy. See Illust. under Clumber, and Cocker..
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..
Piketail :: Piketail (n.) See Pintail, 1..
Waygate :: Waygate (n.) The tailrace of a mill.
Lash :: Lash (v. t.) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a whale lashes the sea with his tail..
Canary Bird :: Canary bird () A small singing bird of the Finch family (Serinus Canarius), a native of the Canary Islands. It was brought to Europe in the 16th century, and made a household pet. It generally has a yellowish body with the wings and tail greenish, but in its wild state it is more frequently of gray or brown color. It is sometimes called canary finch..
Graduate :: Graduate (v. i.) To taper, as the tail of certain birds..
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