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The correct spelling is tail.
How to pronounce tail
/teɪl/
nounIPA: /teɪl/
Say it like: Tay-l
The correct spelling is tail. The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus. For example: "Most primates have a tail and fangs."
Usage Examples
“Most primates have a tail and fangs.”
“I'm gonna get me some tail tonight.”
“Tail that car!”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
- 2.An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.
- 3.The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
- 4.The feathers attached to the pygostyle of a bird.
- 5.The tail-end of an object, e.g. the rear of an aircraft's fuselage, containing the tailfin.
verb
- 1.To follow and observe surreptitiously.
- 2.To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into
- 3.To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
- 4.To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
- 5.To pull or draw by the tail.
adjective
- 1.Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed.
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