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tailspine

tailspine noun: a spine on the end of a tail.

Noun

tailspine (plural tailspines)

  1. A spine on the end of a tail

Forms of tailspine

pluraltailspines

Origin of tailspine

tail + spine

Questions about tailspine

What does tailspine mean?
Tailspine means a spine on the end of a tail.
What part of speech is tailspine?
Tailspine is a noun.
What is the plural of tailspine?
The plural of tailspine is tailspines.

Words near tailspine in the dictionary

  1. tailspeed
  2. tailspeeds
  3. tailspike
  4. tailspikes
  5. tailspin
  6. tailspine
  7. tailspinned
  8. tailspinning
  9. tailspins
  10. tailspot
  11. tailspots

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