"lobtail" meaning in All languages combined

See lobtail on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: lobtails [present, singular, third-person], lobtailing [participle, present], lobtailed [participle, past], lobtailed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} lobtail (third-person singular simple present lobtails, present participle lobtailing, simple past and past participle lobtailed)
  1. (of a whale) To raise the flukes out of the water and then slap them down against the water surface. Categories (lifeform): Whales

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for lobtail meaning in All languages combined (1.5kB)

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