double-tailed
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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While these models successfully describe simple, comet-like gas tails, they struggle to recreate the double-tailed structure observed around WASP-121b.
From Science Daily
Wearing a blue shirt that featured a large golden-tongued, double-tailed lion borrowed from the Czech coat of arms, Stepanek came back from a 4-2 deficit in the second set to eventually sweep through a tiebreaker and gain command of the match.
From New York Times
"All ye saints!" roared Vendel, leaping up on his bed; "preserve me in spirits of wine like the four-legged hen, or the double-tailed lizard!"
From Project Gutenberg
Spermatid with divided spindle-substance and the corresponding double-tailed form. 154-155.
From Project Gutenberg
It stood stone still, and for the moment Tim could not decide which end of it was head and which was tail, or even whether it were not double-tailed and headless.
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