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catstail

catstail noun: timothy grass (Phleum pratense).

catstail: timothy grass (Phleum pratense)
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Noun

catstail (plural catstails)

  1. Timothy grass (Phleum pratense)

catstail meaning in Tamil

catstail in Tamil

சவட்டை

Forms of catstail

pluralcatstails
alternative formcat's tail
alternative formcat's-tail

Origin of catstail

From Middle English cattestail, equivalent to cat + -s- + tail.

Questions about catstail

What does catstail mean?
Catstail means timothy grass (Phleum pratense).
What is catstail in Tamil?
Catstail in Tamil is சவட்டை. See Catstail meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is catstail?
Catstail is a noun.
What is the plural of catstail?
The plural of catstail is catstails.

Words near catstail in the dictionary

  1. catspaws
  2. catspeak
  3. CatSper
  4. CatSpers
  5. catspraddle
  6. catstail
  7. catstails
  8. catstep
  9. catsteps
  10. catstick
  11. catsticks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: catstail (page history and authors); catstail (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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