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comet tails

comet tails is the plural of comet tail.

Meaning of comet tail

Noun

comet tail (plural comet tails)

  1. A display artifact consisting of a smear of color that appears to follow a moving object in the picture.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see comet, tail.

Questions about comet tails

What is comet tails the plural of?
Comet tails is the plural of comet tail.

Words near comet tails in the dictionary

  1. Comet Halley
  2. Comet Neowise
  3. comet orchid
  4. comet star
  5. comet tail
  6. comet tails
  7. comet-finder
  8. comet-finders
  9. comet-seeker
  10. comet-seekers
  11. Cometa

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