tail
noun
/teɪl/
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- (anatomy) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
- An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.
- (typography) The lower loop of the letters in the Roman alphabet, as in g, q or y.
- One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
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queue
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- The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage.
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queue,
empennage
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- (chiefly, in the plural) The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.
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queue,
pile
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tails
noun
/teɪlz/
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- The side of a coin that doesn't bear the picture of the head of state or similar.
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pile
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tailings
noun
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- (mining) The waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore by ore dressing; the waste from coal mining.
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débris
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tailed
adjective
/teɪld/
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- (often, in combination) Having a tail.
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caudate
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