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green-tail

green-tail is the alternative form of greentail.

Meaning of greentail

Noun

greentail (plural greentails)

  1. Brachycentrus subnubilus, a species of caddis fly.
  2. A small Australian prawn of species Metapenaeus bennettae.
    Synonyms:
    greasyback

Forms of green-tail

pluralgreen-tails

Questions about green-tail

What is green-tail the alternative form of?
Green-tail is the alternative form of greentail.

Words near green-tail in the dictionary

  1. green-stripers
  2. green-stuff
  3. green-stuffs
  4. green-sward
  5. green-swards
  6. green-tail
  7. green-tailed towhee
  8. green-tailed towhees
  9. green-tailed trainbearer
  10. green-tailed trainbearers
  11. green-tails

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Adapted from Wiktionary: green-tail (page history and authors); greentail (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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