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45 Nouns That End With TAIL

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aventail (noun) a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck Synonyms: camail, ventail
bandtail (noun) wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon Synonyms: band-tail pigeon, band-tailed pigeon, Columba fasciata
bangtail (noun) a horse bred for racing Synonyms: race horse, racehorse
blacktail (noun) mule deer of western Rocky Mountains Synonyms: black-tailed deer, blacktail deer, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus
bobtail (noun) a short or shortened tail of certain animals Synonyms: bob, dock
(noun) large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain Synonyms: Old English sheepdog
bristletail (noun) small wingless insect with a long bristlelike tail
broadtail (noun) hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur Synonyms: caracul, karakul
(noun) the fur of a very young karakul lamb
browntail (noun) small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States; pest of various shade and fruit trees Synonyms: brown-tail moth, Euproctis phaeorrhoea
cattail (noun) tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes
coattail (noun) the loose back flap of a coat that hangs below the waist
cocktail (noun) a short mixed drink
(noun) an appetizer served as a first course at a meal
cottontail (noun) common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside; a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks) Synonyms: cottontail rabbit, wood rabbit
detail (noun) an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole Synonyms: item, point
(noun) extended treatment of particulars
(noun) a temporary military unit Synonyms: contingent
(noun) a crew of workers selected for a particular task
(noun) a small part that can be considered separately from the whole Synonyms: item, particular
dovetail (noun) a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises Synonyms: dovetail joint
entail (noun) the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple
(noun) land received by fee tail
fantail (noun) an overhang consisting of the fan-shaped part of the deck extending aft of the sternpost of a ship
flickertail (noun) of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada Synonyms: Citellus richardsoni, Richardson ground squirrel
foxtail (noun) grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes Synonyms: foxtail grass
freetail (noun) small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail; common in warm regions Synonyms: free-tailed bat, freetailed bat
hairtail (noun) long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel Synonyms: cutlassfish, frost fish
horsetail (noun) perennial rushlike flowerless herbs with jointed hollow stems and narrow toothlike leaves that spread by creeping rhizomes; tend to become weedy; common in Northern Hemisphere; some in Africa and South America
oxtail (noun) the skinned tail of cattle; used especially for soups
pentail (noun) brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia Synonyms: pen-tail, pen-tailed tree shrew
pigtail (noun) a plait of braided hair
pintail (noun) long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers Synonyms: Anas acuta, pin-tailed duck
ponytail (noun) a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail
rattail (noun) deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail Synonyms: grenadier, rattail fish
redtail (noun) dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail Synonyms: Buteo jamaicensis, red-tailed hawk
(noun) European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins Synonyms: redstart
retail (noun) the selling of goods to consumers; usually in small quantities and not for resale
ringtail (noun) an immature golden eagle
(noun) North American raccoon Synonyms: common raccoon, common racoon, coon, Procyon lotor
(noun) raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings Synonyms: Bassariscus astutus, bassarisk, cacomistle, cacomixle, civet cat, coon cat, miner's cat, raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat
(noun) monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl Synonyms: capuchin, Cebus capucinus
scissortail (noun) grey flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings Synonyms: Muscivora-forficata, scissortailed flycatcher
shirttail (noun) fabric forming the tail of a shirt
(noun) a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article
sprigtail (noun) large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North America Synonyms: Pedioecetes phasianellus, sharp-tailed grouse, sprig tail
springtail (noun) any of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern; found in soil rich in organic debris or on the surface of snow or water Synonyms: collembolan
squaretail (noun) sluggish square-tailed fish armored with tough bony scales; of deep warm waters
swallowtail (noun) a man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back Synonyms: morning coat, swallow-tailed coat
swordtail (noun) freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish Synonyms: helleri, topminnow, Xyphophorus helleri
tail (noun) the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
(noun) the rear part of a ship Synonyms: after part, poop, quarter, stern
(noun) the rear part of an aircraft Synonyms: empennage, tail assembly
(noun) (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head
(noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail end, tooshie, tush
(noun) a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements Synonyms: shadow, shadower
(noun) any projection that resembles the tail of an animal Synonyms: tail end
(noun) the time of the last part of something Synonyms: fag end, tail end
telsontail (noun) any of several minute primitive wingless and eyeless insects having a cone-shaped head; inhabit damp soil or decaying organic matter Synonyms: proturan
tripletail (noun) large food fish of warm waters worldwide having long anal and dorsal fins that with a caudal fin suggest a three-lobed tail
ventail (noun) a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck Synonyms: aventail, camail
wagtail (noun) Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks
whiptail (noun) any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards Synonyms: whiptail lizard
whitetail (noun) common North American deer; tail has a white underside Synonyms: Odocoileus Virginianus, Virginia deer, white-tailed deer, white tail, whitetail deer
yellowtail (noun) superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail Synonyms: Ocyurus chrysurus, yellowtail snapper
(noun) game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin Synonyms: Seriola dorsalis

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