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Swallow-tailed

Having a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a swallow's tail in form; having narrow and tapering or pointed skirts; as, a swallow-tailed coat.

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Caudate 84% connected

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oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Caudated 84% connected

Having a tail; having a termination like a tail.

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Having a tail; having a termination like a tail.

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Acuminate adjective · 78% connection

Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.

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Archaeopteryx noun · 78% connection

A fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable for having a long tapering tail of many vertebrae with feathers along each side, and…

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Blouse noun · 78% connection

A light, loose over-garment, like a smock frock, worn especially by workingmen in France; also, a loose coat of any material, as the u…

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Browning noun · 78% connection

A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.

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Chimaera noun · 78% connection

a deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail

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Cultrivorous adjective · 78% connection

Devouring knives; swallowing, or pretending to swallow, knives; -- applied to persons who have swallowed, or have seemed to swallow, k…

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Curtail dog unknown · 78% connection

A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tail cut sho…

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Dart noun · 78% connection

A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an…

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Defile noun · 78% connection

Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks…

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Dock noun · 78% connection

The solid part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair; the stump of a tail; the part of a tail left after clipping or cut…

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Dress coat unknown · 78% connection

A coat with skirts behind only, as distinct from the frock coat, of which the skirts surround the body. It is worn on occasions of cer…

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Eristalis noun · 78% connection

A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailed larvae) are remarkable for their long tapering tail, which spiracles at th…

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Fork-tailed adjective · 78% connection

Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds.

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Glut verb · 78% connection

To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge.

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Gobbet verb · 78% connection

To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets.

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Gorge noun · 78% connection

To swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities.

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Grenadier noun · 78% connection

deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail

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Gulp verb · 78% connection

To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow.

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