recursive
(recursive)
Princeton's WordNet
of or relating to a recursion
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pintail
Webster Dictionary
a northern duck (Dafila acuta), native of both continents. The adult male has a long, tapering tail. Called also gray duck, piketail, piket-tail, spike-tail, split-tail, springtail, sea pheasant, and gray widgeon
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curtail dog
Webster Dictionary
a dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tail cut short, partly as a mark, and partly from a notion that the tail is necessary to a dog in running; hence, a dog not fit for sporting
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dock
Webster Dictionary
the solid part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair; the stump of a tail; the part of a tail left after clipping or cutting
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lyre bird
Webster Dictionary
any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird (Menura superba), inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse. Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat, wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also lyre pheasant and lyre-tail
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cue
Webster Dictionary
the tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue
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heterocercy
Webster Dictionary
unequal development of the tail lobes of fishes; the possession of a heterocercal tail
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tailed
Webster Dictionary
having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, etc
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nick
(ɪk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to incise certain tendons at the root of (a horse's tail) to give it a higher carrying position; make an incision under the tail of (a horse).
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tayra
Webster Dictionary
a South American carnivore (Galera barbara) allied to the grison. The tail is long and thick. The length, including the tail, is about three feet
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vanjas
Webster Dictionary
the Australian pied crow shrike (Strepera graculina). It is glossy bluish black, with the under tail coverts and the tips and bases of the tail feathers white
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caudal
Webster Dictionary
of the nature of, or pertaining to, a tail; having a tail-like appendage
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trundletail
Webster Dictionary
a round or curled-up tail; also, a dog with such a tail
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scut
Webster Dictionary
the tail of a hare, or of a deer, or other animal whose tail is short, sp. when carried erect; hence, sometimes, the animal itself
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formedon
Webster Dictionary
a writ of right for a tenant in tail in case of a discontinuance of the estate tail. This writ has been abolished
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rat-tail
Webster Dictionary
like a rat's tail in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is round, slender, and tapering. See Illust. of File
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grenadier
Webster Dictionary
any marine fish of the genus Macrurus, in which the body and tail taper to a point; they mostly inhabit the deep sea; -- called also onion fish, and rat-tail fish
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teiid
(teiid lizard, teiid)
Princeton's WordNet
tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail
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teiid lizard
(teiid lizard, teiid)
Princeton's WordNet
tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail
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martin
Webster Dictionary
one of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows
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swallow-tailed
Webster Dictionary
having a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a swallow's tail in form; having narrow and tapering or pointed skirts; as, a swallow-tailed coat
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serval
Webster Dictionary
an African wild cat (Felis serval) of moderate size. It has rather long legs and a tail of moderate length. Its color is tawny, with black spots on the body and rings of black on the tail
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timothy grass
Webster Dictionary
a kind of grass (Phleum pratense) with long cylindrical spikes; -- called also herd's grass, in England, cat's-tail grass, and meadow cat's-tail grass. It is much prized for fodder. See Illustration in Appendix
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swallowtail
(ˈswɒl oʊˌteɪl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the tail of a swallow or a deeply forked tail like that of a swallow.
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thresher
Webster Dictionary
a large and voracious shark (Alopias vulpes), remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is found both upon the American and the European coasts. Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher, swingle-tail, and thrasher shark
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horsehair
Webster Dictionary
a hair of a horse, especially one from the mane or tail; the hairs of the mane or tail taken collectively; a fabric or tuft made of such hairs
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start
Webster Dictionary
a tail, or anything projecting like a tail
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caudated
Webster Dictionary
having a tail; having a termination like a tail
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stern
Webster Dictionary
the tail of an animal; -- now used only of the tail of a dog
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tailblock
Webster Dictionary
a block with a tail. See Tail, 9
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