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whitetail

whitetail noun: a deer, Odocoileus virginianus, family Cervidae, perhaps the most popular game animal in North America.

whitetail: a deer, Odocoileus virginianus, family Cervidae, perhaps the most popular game animal in North...
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Noun

whitetail (plural whitetails)

  1. A deer, Odocoileus virginianus, family Cervidae, perhaps the most popular game animal in North America.
  2. Any of the white-tailed spiders of genus Lampona (Lampona cylindrata and Lampona murina) native to eastern and southern Australia.
    Synonyms:
    white-tailed spider
  3. A dragonfly of the genus Plathemis.

whitetail meaning in Tamil

whitetail in Tamil

இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும்

Synonyms of whitetail

Forms of whitetail

pluralwhitetails
alternative formwhite-tail
alternative formwhite tail

Origin of whitetail

From white + tail.

Words formed from whitetail

Phrases with whitetail

Questions about whitetail

What does whitetail mean?
Whitetail means a deer, Odocoileus virginianus, family Cervidae, perhaps the most popular game animal in North America.
What is whitetail in Tamil?
Whitetail in Tamil is இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும். See Whitetail meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is whitetail?
Whitetail is a noun.
What is the plural of whitetail?
The plural of whitetail is whitetails.

Words near whitetail in the dictionary

  1. Whitestown
  2. whitestream
  3. whitestreamed
  4. whitestreaming
  5. whitestreams
  6. whitetail
  7. whitetail sharkminnow
  8. whitetail sharkminnows
  9. whitetails
  10. whitethorn
  11. whitethorns

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whitetail (page history and authors); whitetail (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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