tail
The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.
Example
“Most primates have a tail and fangs.”
Other meanings
An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails; a strand of material hanging from something.
The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
Related words
- entail
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "tæġl".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “tail” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.