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  • 71tail — 1. n. & v. 1 the hindmost part of an animal, esp. when prolonged beyond the rest of the body. 2 a a thing like a tail in form or position, esp. something extending downwards or outwards at an extremity. b the rear end of anything, e.g. of a… …

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  • 72Tail — The tail is the section at the rear end of an animal s body; in general, the term refers to a distinct, flexible appendage to the torso. It is the part of the body that corresponds roughly to the sacrum and coccyx in mammals and birds. While… …

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  • 73tail — I [[t]teɪl[/t]] n. 1) zool. the hindmost part of an animal, esp. that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk 2) something resembling or suggesting this in shape or position: the tail of a kite[/ex] 3) astron. the luminous stream… …

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  • 74tail — noun 1 of an animal, a bird, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ long, short ▪ bushy, curly, forked, pointed ▪ muscular, prehensile …

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  • 75tail — 1 /teIl/ noun 1 ANIMAL (C) the movable part at the back of an animal s body: The dog wagged its tail. | a fish s tail 2 AIRCRAFT (C) the back part of an aircraft 3 SHIRT (C) the bottom part of your shirt at the back, that you put inside your… …

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  • 76tail-rhyme romances —    A tail rhyme stanza might take many forms, but most typically it consists of a rhyming pair of long lines followed by a shorter line (the “tail”). The three line pattern is repeated, with the third lines rhyming, to form a six line stanza… …

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  • 77tail — {{11}}tail (n.1) hindmost part of an animal, O.E. tægl, tægel, from P.Gmc. *tagla (Cf. O.H.G. zagal, Ger. Zagel tail, dialectal Ger. Zagel penis, O.N. tagl horse s tail ), from PIE *doklos, from root *dek something lon …

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  • 78long-tailed weasel — noun the common American weasel distinguished by large size and black tipped tail • Syn: ↑longtail weasel, ↑Mustela frenata • Hypernyms: ↑weasel * * * noun : the common American weasel (Mustela frenata) that occurs in var …

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  • 79Long-billed Gnatwren — Taxobox name = Long billed Gnatwren status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Polioptilidae genus = Ramphocaenus species = R. melanurus binomial = Ramphocaenus… …

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  • 80Long-tailed Chinchilla — Taxobox name = Long tailed Chinchilla status = VU status system = iucn2.3 trend = down image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia familia = Chinchillidae genus = Chinchilla species = Chinchilla… …

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