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Tails
/teɪlz/
The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
📖 Definitions of "Tails"
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The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
"Most primates have a tail and fangs."
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An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.
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The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
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The feathers attached to the pygostyle of a bird.
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To follow and observe surreptitiously.
"Tail that car!"
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To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into
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To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
"This vessel tails downstream."
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To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
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A formal evening jacket with an extended back panel; a dress coat.
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Any coat with similar tails.
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The side of a coin that doesn't bear the picture of the head of state or similar.
"Tails, I win."
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Tailings; waste
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