longtail

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longtail

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From long + tail.

noun longtails

Any animal that has an unusually long tail relative to similar species.
Phaethon lepturus, the white-tailed tropicbird.
broadly A young, unattached female tourist.
A longtail boat.
colloquial A rat.
slang A pheasant.
slang A greyhound.

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@misc{longtail_2026,
  title = {longtail},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/longtail},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}