English Explanatory Dictionary

cowtail

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The tail of a cow.
  2. A coarse wool of low quality, usually shorn from the hind legs of sheep.
  3. A stingray of species Pastinachus sephen.

Word forms

cowtail cowtails cow-tail cow tail cow's tail

Etymology

From Middle English *cou-tayl, from Old English cūtæġl (“cowtail”), equivalent to cow + tail.

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