brushy

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brushy

/ˈbɹʌʃi/
/ˈbɹʊʃi/

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adjective brushier · brushiest

Having a similar texture to a fox’s tail; brushlike, bushy. It [a dormouse] dipped its brushy tail (somewhat resembling that of a fox) into the dish, and carried the milk in this manner to the mouth.
Similar: bushy
Of the countryside: having thick vegetation, taller than grass but shorter than trees; having abundant brush; shrubby. Throughout much of northern Alaska, tundra is becoming brushier and giving way to forest. As tundra diminishes, animals that depend on it for food or nesting habitat—caribou and many birds—are likely to lose out.
Similar: shrubby

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adj Having a similar texture to a fox's tail

Deutsch	buschig

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@misc{brushy_2026,
  title = {brushy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brushy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}