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longtails

longtails is the plural of longtail.

Meaning of longtail

Noun

longtail (plural longtails)

  1. Any animal that has an unusually long tail relative to similar species.
  2. (Bermuda) Phaethon lepturus, the white-tailed tropicbird.
  3. (broadly, Bermuda) A young, unattached female tourist.
  4. A longtail boat.
  5. (colloquial, Isle of Man) A rat.
  6. (slang) A pheasant.

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Questions about longtails

What is longtails the plural of?
Longtails is the plural of longtail.

Words near longtails in the dictionary

  1. longtail carpet sharks
  2. longtail cast-on
  3. longtail cast-ons
  4. longtail salamander
  5. longtailed
  6. longtails
  7. Longtan
  8. longterm
  9. longtermism
  10. longtermist
  11. longtermists

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