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tailguts

tailguts is the plural of tailgut.

Meaning of tailgut

Noun

tailgut (plural tailguts)

  1. A cord which loops through the tailpiece and around the endpin of stringed musical instruments, and which is held at tension by a knot to secure the tailpiece to the body, traditionally made only of gut but now also made of nylon, wire and other synthetic materials.
    Synonyms:
    postcloacal gut, postanal gut
  2. The portion of the gut beyond the anus.

Questions about tailguts

What is tailguts the plural of?
Tailguts is the plural of tailgut.

Words near tailguts in the dictionary

  1. tailgroup
  2. tailgroups
  3. tailgunner
  4. tailgunners
  5. tailgut
  6. tailguts
  7. tailhead
  8. tailheads
  9. tailhole
  10. tailholes
  11. tailhook

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tailguts (page history and authors); tailgut (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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