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ring-tailed

ring-tailed adjective: having a tail marked with differently colored rings.

ring-tailed: having a tail marked with differently colored rings
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Adjective

ring-tailed (comparative more ring-tailed, superlative most ring-tailed)

  1. having a tail marked with differently colored rings
  2. carrying its flexible tail in a circular or spiraling form

Forms of ring-tailed

comparativemore ring-tailed
superlativemost ring-tailed
alternative formringtailed

Origin of ring-tailed

From ring + tail + -ed.

Words formed from ring-tailed

Phrases with ring-tailed

1 more phrasesFewer phrases

Questions about ring-tailed

What does ring-tailed mean?
Ring-tailed means having a tail marked with differently colored rings.
What part of speech is ring-tailed?
Ring-tailed is an adjective.

Words near ring-tailed in the dictionary

  1. ring-pulls
  2. ring-segment illusion
  3. ring-shaped
  4. ring-tail cat
  5. ring-tail cats
  6. ring-tailed
  7. ring-tailed cat
  8. ring-tailed cats
  9. ring-tailed civet cat
  10. ring-tailed civet cats
  11. ring-tailed coati

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