Definition of tail

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Tail (n.) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part, as a slate or tile..

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Spot :: Spot (n.) The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail. See Redfish..
Curtail :: Curtail (n.) The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc..
Coward :: Coward (a.) Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; -- said of a lion.
Spinetail :: Spinetail (n.) Any one or several species of swifts of the genus Acanthylis, or Chaetura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines..
Ptilocerque :: Ptilocerque (n.) The pentail.
Adjutant :: Adjutant (n.) A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and garrison duty..
Bat :: Bat (n.) One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous. See Cheiroptera and Vampire..
Hippocampus :: Hippocampus (n.) A fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish (Hippocampus brevirostris), -- seen in Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of Neptune..
Tailoring :: Tailoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tailo.
Trichiurus :: Trichiurus (n.) A genus of fishes comprising the hairtails. See Hairtail.
Rat-tailed :: Rat-tailed (a.) Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat..
Catkin :: Catkin (n.) An ament; a species of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar, and (as to the staminate flowers) in the chestnut, oak, hickory, etc. -- so called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. See Illust. of Ament..
Redtail :: Redtail (n.) The European redstart.
Forficate :: Forficate (a.) Deeply forked, as the tail of certain birds..
Rhinopome :: Rhinopome (n.) Any old-world bat of the genus Rhinopoma. The rhinopomes have a long tail extending beyond the web, and inhabit caves and tombs..
Parakeet :: Parakeet (n.) Any one of numerous species of small parrots having a graduated tail, which is frequently very long; -- called also paroquet and paraquet..
Freehold :: Freehold (n.) An estate in real property, of inheritance (in fee simple or fee tail) or for life; or the tenure by which such estate is held..
Wiggler :: Wiggler (n.) The young, either larva or pupa, of the mosquito; -- called also wiggletail..
Cabotage :: Cabotage (n.) Navigation along the coast; the details of coast pilotage.
Enarration :: Enarration (n.) A detailed exposition; relation.
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