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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Inclave :: Inclave (a.) Resembling a series of dovetails; -- said of a line of division, such as the border of an ordinary..
Homocercal :: Homocercal (a.) Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebral column terminating near its base; -- opposed to heterocercal..
Coward :: Coward (a.) Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; -- said of a lion.
Ragamuffin :: Ragamuffin (n.) The long-tailed titmouse.
Fantail :: Fantail (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from the shape of the tail..
Tail :: Tail (n.) Same as Tailing, 4..
Muskrat :: Muskrat (n.) A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent (Fiber zibethicus). It resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but the tail is compressed, the bind feet are webbed, and the ears are concealed in the fur. It has scent glands which secrete a substance having a strong odor of musk. Called also musquash, musk beaver, and ondatra..
Bicaudate :: Bicaudate (a.) Two-tailed; bicaudal.
Sprang :: Sprigtail (n.) The sharp-tailed grouse.
Crinite :: Crinite (a.) Having the appearance of a tuft of hair; having a hairlike tail or train.
Tailoress :: Tailoress (n.) A female tailor.
Finish :: Finish (n.) The labor required to give final completion to any work; hence, minute detail, careful elaboration, or the like..
Taille :: Taille (n.) Any imposition levied by the king, or any other lord, upon his subjects..
Scissorstail :: Scissorstail (n.) A tyrant flycatcher (Milvulus forficatus) of the Southern United States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red at the base of the crown feathers..
Battailant :: Battailant (n.) A combatant.
Racktail :: Racktail (n.) An arm attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let off the striking mechanism of a repeating clock..
Redtail :: Redtail (n.) The European redstart.
Sea Snake :: Sea snake () Any one of many species of venomous aquatic snakes of the family Hydrophidae, having a flattened tail and living entirely in the sea, especially in the warmer parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They feed upon fishes, and are mostly of moderate size, but some species become eight or ten feet long and four inches broad..
Sprigtail :: Sprigtail (n.) The pintail duck; -- called also sprig, and spreet-tail..
Argus Shell :: Argus shell () A species of shell (Cypraea argus), beautifully variegated with spots resembling those in a peacock's tail..
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