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spread tails

spread tails is the plural of spread tail.

Meaning of spread tail

Noun

spread tail (plural spread tails)

  1. The tail of a bird (or likeness thereof) when the tailfeathers are held tautly outward in a fan-like arrangement.
    • Moreover, for slight deflections of the vane from the wind direction a spread tail presents a greater extent of surface to the wind than a straight-tail vane of the same dimensions.1893, Charles Frederick Marvin, Anemometry, page 16

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What is spread tails the plural of?
Spread tails is the plural of spread tail.

Words near spread tails in the dictionary

  1. spread out
  2. spread spectrum communication
  3. spread spectrum communications
  4. spread syntax
  5. spread tail
  6. spread tails
  7. spread the bed
  8. spread the word
  9. spread-eagle
  10. spread-eagled
  11. spread-eagleism

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