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tail rhymes

tail rhymes is the plural of tail rhyme.

Meaning of tail rhyme

Noun

tail rhyme (plural tail rhymes)

  1. rhyme in which the rhyming lines in each verse are followed by a shorter line; these shorter lines sometimes rhyme with each other
    Synonyms:
    caudate rhyme

Questions about tail rhymes

What is tail rhymes the plural of?
Tail rhymes is the plural of tail rhyme.

Words near tail rhymes in the dictionary

  1. tail questions
  2. tail recursion
  3. tail recursions
  4. tail recursive
  5. tail rhyme
  6. tail rhymes
  7. tail risk
  8. tail risks
  9. tail rotor
  10. tail rotors
  11. tail slate

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