tail
noun
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the back end of its body.
tail-like
-
a word derived from
tail.
Example Sentences
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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
Tricaudate, trī-kaw′dāt, adj. having three tail-like processes, as a butterfly's wing.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
