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horntail

horntail noun: the wood wasp.

Noun

horntail (plural horntails)

  1. The wood wasp.

Forms of horntail

pluralhorntails

Origin of horntail

From horn + tail.

Questions about horntail

What does horntail mean?
Horntail means the wood wasp.
What part of speech is horntail?
Horntail is a noun.
What is the plural of horntail?
The plural of horntail is horntails.

Words near horntail in the dictionary

  1. hornswoggled
  2. hornswoggler
  3. hornswogglers
  4. hornswoggles
  5. hornswoggling
  6. horntail
  7. horntails
  8. Hornton
  9. Hornung
  10. hornussen
  11. hornweed

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