"lobtail" meaning in English

See lobtail in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

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
    Sense id: en-lobtail-en-verb-b0vAnR2F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      ]
    },
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    },
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    },
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        },
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          "langcode": "en",
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          "orig": "en:Whales",
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            "Chordates",
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            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To raise the flukes out of the water and then slap them down against the water surface."
      ],
      "id": "en-lobtail-en-verb-b0vAnR2F",
      "links": [
        [
          "raise",
          "raise"
        ],
        [
          "fluke",
          "fluke"
        ],
        [
          "slap",
          "slap"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a whale) To raise the flukes out of the water and then slap them down against the water surface."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a whale"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lobtail"
}
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      ]
    },
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lobtailed",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lobtailed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "To raise the flukes out of the water and then slap them down against the water surface."
      ],
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        [
          "raise",
          "raise"
        ],
        [
          "fluke",
          "fluke"
        ],
        [
          "slap",
          "slap"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a whale) To raise the flukes out of the water and then slap them down against the water surface."
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        "of a whale"
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  ],
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}

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