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dragon's tail

dragon's tail noun: a thermistor that is towed behind a ship to measure the ocean's temperature.

Noun

dragon's tail (countable and uncountable, plural dragon's tails)

  1. (countable) A thermistor that is towed behind a ship to measure the ocean's temperature.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dragon, tail.

Forms of dragon's tail

pluraldragon's tails

Questions about dragon's tail

What does dragon's tail mean?
Dragon's tail means a thermistor that is towed behind a ship to measure the ocean's temperature.
What part of speech is dragon's tail?
Dragon's tail is a noun.
What is the plural of dragon's tail?
The plural of dragon's tail is dragon's tails.

Words near dragon's tail in the dictionary

  1. dragon's den
  2. dragon's dens
  3. dragon's eye
  4. dragon's head
  5. Dragon's Mouths
  6. dragon's tail
  7. dragon's tails
  8. dragon's teeth
  9. Dragon's Triangle
  10. dragon's wort
  11. dragon's-blood tree

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