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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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MINESHAFT
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
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