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whip-tailed

whip-tailed adjective: having a thin, flexible tail like the lash of a whip.

Adjective

whip-tailed (not comparable)

  1. Having a thin, flexible tail like the lash of a whip.

Questions about whip-tailed

What does whip-tailed mean?
Whip-tailed means having a thin, flexible tail like the lash of a whip.
What part of speech is whip-tailed?
Whip-tailed is an adjective.

Words near whip-tailed in the dictionary

  1. whip-poor-will
  2. whip-poor-wills
  3. whip-round
  4. whip-rounds
  5. whip-smart
  6. whip-tailed
  7. whip-tom-kelly
  8. whiparound
  9. whiparounds
  10. whipbird
  11. whipbirds

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