tailed
Of certain butterflies, having one or more filamentous projections on the tornal section of each hind wing.
Related words
- boattailed
- brush-tailed
- bushy-tailed
- culvertailed
- daggle-tailed
- draggle-tailed
- fan-tailed
- fantailed
- fast-tailed
- fat-tailed
- heavy-tailed
- high-tailed
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "tayled".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “tailed” 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.