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The research revealed that sea stars have a headlike territory in the center of each "arm" and a tail-like region along the perimeter.

From Science Daily • Nov. 1, 2023

It grows eyes, hair and a tail-like appendage it uses to move around.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2023

“This is the only one that seems to have a little something,” Ms. Ferellec said, describing the object’s faint tail-like feature streaking away from the sun.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2022

During the takeoff, when the springtails smacked their tail-like furculae off the water, the collophores picked up a drop of water.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2022

Spores oval or rounded, without a tail-like process.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various