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Bobtail

An animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail.

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Similar meaning 4

Caudate 84% connected

Alt. of Caudated

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Caudate 84% connected

Alt. of Caudated

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Caudated 84% connected

Having a tail; having a termination like a tail.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Caudated 84% connected

Having a tail; having a termination like a tail.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 1

Tail 76% connected

Limitation; abridgment.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

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Dock 74% connected

A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Dock 74% connected

A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 3

Bob 92% connected

Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as, the bob at the end of a kite's ta…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Bobtailed 92% connected

Having the tail cut short, or naturally short; curtailed; as, a bobtailed horse or dog; a bobtailed coat.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Dock 92% connected

A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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