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broadtails

broadtails is the plural of broadtail.

Meaning of broadtail

Noun

broadtail (plural broadtails)

  1. The hide or fur of a Persian lamb, formerly used in clothing etc.
    Synonyms:
    breitschwantz
  2. (dated) Any of various parrots in the genus Platycercus.
    • The mail steamer did not arrive for a week, and I occupied myself in getting as many of the birds as I could, and found some which were very interesting. Among them were five species of pigeons of as many distinct genera, and most of them peculiar to the island; two parrots--the fine red-winged...1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 294

Questions about broadtails

What is broadtails the plural of?
Broadtails is the plural of broadtail.

Words near broadtails in the dictionary

  1. broadswords
  2. broadswordsman
  3. broadswordsmanship
  4. broadswordsmen
  5. broadtail
  6. broadtails
  7. broadus
  8. broaduses
  9. Broadview
  10. Broadwas
  11. Broadwater

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