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bushy-tailed

bushy-tailed adjective: having a bushy tail. Also the ellipsis of bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

Adjective

bushy-tailed (comparative more bushy-tailed, superlative most bushy-tailed)

  1. (literally) Having a bushy tail.

Also used as

bushy-tailed is also the ellipsis of bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

Forms of bushy-tailed

comparativemore bushy-tailed
superlativemost bushy-tailed

Phrases with bushy-tailed

Questions about bushy-tailed

What does bushy-tailed mean?
Bushy-tailed means having a bushy tail.
What part of speech is bushy-tailed?
Bushy-tailed is an adjective.

Words near bushy-tailed in the dictionary

  1. bushy
  2. bushy bluestem
  3. bushy bluestems
  4. Bushy Park
  5. bushy seaside tansy
  6. bushy-tailed
  7. busiate
  8. Busick
  9. Busicks
  10. busie
  11. busied

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