"longtail" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: longtails [plural]
Etymology: long + tail Etymology templates: {{compound|en|long|tail}} long + tail Head templates: {{en-noun}} longtail (plural longtails)
  1. Any animal that has an unusually long tail relative to similar species. Categories (lifeform): Murids, Seabirds
    Sense id: en-longtail-en-noun-11ELX2EU Disambiguation of Murids: 41 11 18 21 9 Disambiguation of Seabirds: 40 19 13 20 8
  2. (Bermuda) Phaethon lepturus, the white-tailed tropicbird.
    Sense id: en-longtail-en-noun-4Z1yxDtD Categories (other): Bermudian English
  3. (Bermuda, by extension) A young, unattached female tourist. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-longtail-en-noun-OXdoqPwI Categories (other): Bermudian English
  4. A longtail boat.
    Sense id: en-longtail-en-noun-XgkR81d4
  5. (colloquial, Isle of Man) A rat. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-longtail-en-noun-9nSuQto9 Categories (other): Manx English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cricket longtail, cut and longtail, green longtail, longtail boat, longtail butterfly ray, longtail cast-on, longtail catfish, longtail salamander, longtail skate, longtail stingray

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for longtail meaning in English (2.7kB)

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      "word": "cut and longtail"
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      "word": "green longtail"
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    {
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      "word": "longtail butterfly ray"
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      "word": "longtail cast-on"
    },
    {
      "word": "longtail catfish"
    },
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      "word": "longtail salamander"
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      "word": "longtail skate"
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