"Tail" meaning in English

See Tail in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Semantic loan from Chinese 尾. Etymology templates: {{semantic loan|en|zh|尾}} Semantic loan from Chinese 尾 Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Tail
  1. (Chinese astronomy) A Chinese constellation coinciding with the tail of Scorpius, one of the 28 lunar mansions and the tail of Azure Dragon. Tags: Chinese Categories (topical): Chinese astronomy Translations (Chinese constellation): 尾宿 (Bóe-siù) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 尾宿 (mei⁵ sau³) (Chinese Cantonese), 尾宿 (Wěixiù) (Chinese Mandarin), 尾宿 (Bishuku) (alt: びしゅく) (Japanese), 足垂れ星 (Ashitareboshi) (alt: あしたれぼし) (Japanese), (alt: び, Bi) (Japanese), 미수 (misu) (alt: 尾宿) (Korean), sao Vĩ (Vietnamese)
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