Racket-tailed |
Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers. |
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Rat-tailed |
Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat. |
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Red-tailed |
Having a red tail. |
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Ring-tailed |
Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color. |
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Ruby-tailed |
Having the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red. |
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Scissors-tailed |
Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones. |
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Spine-tailed |
Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips. |
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Stiff-tailed |
Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid. |
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Stump-tailed |
Having a short, thick tail. |
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Swallow-tailed |
Having a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a swallow's tail in form; having narrow and tapering or pointed skirts; as, a swallow-tailed coat. |
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Swallow-tailed |
United by dovetailing; dovetailed. |
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Tailed |
Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, etc. |
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Wedge-tailed |
Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or less attenuate; -- said of certain birds. See Illust. of Wood hoopoe, under Wood. |
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Wire-tailed |
Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules. |
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Crop-tailed |
Having the tail cropped. |
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Daggle-tailed |
Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed. |
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Dag-tailed |
Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks. |
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Draggle-tailed |
Untidy; sluttish; slatternly. |
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Fan-tailed |
Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail; as, the fan-tailed pigeon. |
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Fork-tailed |
Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds. |
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