Definitions for Bobtail
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bobtail, bob, docknoun

   a short or shortened tail of certain animals

2. Old English sheepdog, bobtailadjective

   large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain

3. bobtail, bobtailedadjective

   having a short or shortened tail

   "bobtail mare"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bobtailnoun

   A short, or deliberately shortened tail.

2. bobtailnoun

   Hence, also said of some animals that have a bobtail, such as certain canines or nags.

3. bobtailnoun

   A tractor which performs without its trailer.

4. bobtailverb

   To drive a tractor without its trailer.

5. bobtailverb

   To drive a truck or other vehicle without its trailer.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bobtail

   Cut tail; short tail.

   Etymology: from bob, in the sense of cut.

   Avaunt, you curs!
   Be thy mouth or black or white,
   Or bobtail like, or trundle tail,
   Tom will make him weep and wail. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

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1. bobtail

   A bobtail generally refers to any animal, especially a mammal, that has either a naturally short tail, a tail that has been shortened, or a tail that has been made shorter, for example, through docking. It may also refer to vehicles with shorter rear bodies, like trucks and wagons. The term "bobtail" originated from the concept of "bobbing" or cutting off the tails of various animals.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bobtailnoun

   an animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail

2. Bobtailadjective

   bobtailed

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bobtail

   bob′tāl, n. a short or cut tail: a word applied in contempt to the rabble, as in 'tag-rag and bobtail.'—adj. Bob′tailed, with tail cut short.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Bobtail in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Bobtail in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Bobtail in a Sentence

1. Jamie Foster:

   Animals, including humans, rely on our microbes to maintain a healthy digestive and immune system, we do not fully understand how spaceflight alters these beneficial interactions. The UMAMI experiment uses a glow-in-the-dark bobtail squid to address these important issues in animal health.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Bobtail
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bobtail
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Bobtail
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Bobtail
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Bobtail