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backtag

backtag noun: an identifying tag affixed to the back of an animal.

Noun

backtag (plural backtags)

  1. An identifying tag affixed to the back of an animal.

Verb

backtag (third-person singular simple present backtags, present participle backtagging, simple past and past participle backtagged)

  1. (transitive) To fit (an animal) with a tag of this kind.

Forms of backtag

Noun
pluralbacktags
Verb
third-person singular presentbacktags
present participlebacktagging
past participlebacktagged
pastbacktagged

Origin of backtag

From back + tag.

Questions about backtag

What does backtag mean?
Backtag means an identifying tag affixed to the back of an animal.
What part of speech is backtag?
Backtag can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of backtag?
The plural of backtag is backtags.

Words near backtag in the dictionary

  1. backta
  2. backtab
  3. backtabbed
  4. backtabbing
  5. backtabs
  6. backtag
  7. backtagged
  8. backtagging
  9. backtags
  10. backtalk
  11. backtalked

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backtag (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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