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cat-tail

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noun

  1. another word for bulrush

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Redlands business Precious Creature initially only offered full-body taxidermy of pets until customers started suggesting other ideas, such as lockets containing patches of fur and cat-tail necklaces.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025

And he stretched himself, and buried his head in his bed of cat-tail down, because the daylight was trickling in through his doorway.

From The Tale of Dickie Deer Mouse by Diane Petersen

Indeed, so relaxed were her nerves that a slight movement in the grass and cat-tail flags near by startled her painfully, making her jump like a fawn.

From Alice of Old Vincennes by Maurice Thompson

When he wasn't looking for food—and eating it when he had found it—he gathered cat-tail down in Cedar Swamp.

From The Tale of Dickie Deer Mouse by Diane Petersen

“First please extinguish those cat-tail torches,” requested Harriet.

From The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country The Young Pathfinders on a Summer Hike by Janet Aldridge

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