English Explanatory Dictionary

tailed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. simple past and past participle of tail
adj
  1. Having a tail.
  2. Of certain butterflies, having one or more filamentous projections on the tornal section of each hind wing.

Pronunciation

/teɪld/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tailed.wav

Word forms

tailed

Etymology

From Middle English tayled; equivalent to tail + -ed.

Synonyms

caudate

Derived words

tailedness untailed boattailed brush-tailed bushy-tailed culvertailed daggle-tailed draggle-tailed fan-tailed fantailed fast-tailed fat-tailed heavy-tailed high-tailed long-tailed lyre-tailed multitailed pig-tailed pin-tailed pintailed pony-tailed ring-tailed scissors-tailed sharptailed spot-tailed swallow-tailed swallowtailed whip-tailed African long-tailed shrike ball-tailed cat band-tailed antshrike band-tailed manakin bar-tailed godwit black-tailed deer black-tailed flycatcher black-tailed godwit black-tailed hawfinch black-tailed jackrabbit black-tailed nativehen black-tailed trainbearer bright-eyed and bushy-tailed brown-tailed rock chat brush-tailed mouse brush-tailed penguin brush-tailed phascogale brush-tailed porcupine brush-tailed possum buff-tailed bumblebee burnt-tailed barb chestnut-tailed starling crest-tailed mulgara Elliot's short-tailed shrew fan-tailed warbler fat-tailed dunnart fat-tailed dwarf lemur fat-tailed lemur fat-tailed sheep feather-tailed glider feather-tailed possum fiery-tailed awlbill
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