"bucktail" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bucktails [plural]
Etymology: From buck + tail. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|buck|tail}} buck + tail Head templates: {{en-noun}} bucktail (plural bucktails)
  1. The tail of a deer, traditionally used as a fishing lure.
    Sense id: en-bucktail-en-noun-YqCWhySj
  2. The end of a rivet opposite the factory head, which in a solid rivet may be bucked by holding a heavy bucking bar or similar-purposed tool against it, while the factory head is hammered until the bucktail is upset into an appropriate shape, most commonly pancake-shaped; the mandrel of a blind rivet generally upsets the bucktail into a doughnut-shape when it is pulled.
    Sense id: en-bucktail-en-noun-fR58jc9z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Cervids Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Cervids: 12 88

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