RINGTAIL

ringtail

(noun) an immature golden eagle

capuchin, ringtail, Cebus capucinus

(noun) monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk’s cowl

bassarisk, cacomistle, cacomixle, coon cat, raccoon fox, ringtail, ring-tailed cat, civet cat, miner's cat, Bassariscus astutus

(noun) raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

ringtail (plural ringtail or ringtails)

A ring-tailed animal, notably

The cacomistle, a small carnivorous mammal, Bassariscus astutus, somewhat like a raccoon, native to the southwestern United States

The capuchin monkey

The ring-tailed lemur

The raccoon

The ringtail possum, native to eastern Australia

(nautical) A ringsail.

Anagrams

• Tringali, antigirl, trailing, trialing

Source: Wiktionary


Ring"tail`, n.

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier.

2. (Naut.)

Definition: A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail. Ringtail boom (Naut.), a spar which is rigged on a boom for setting a ringtail.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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