tail
Pronunciation:
/teɪl//teɪl/noun
Definitions
The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
Example: Most primates have a tail and fangs.
An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.
The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
The feathers attached to the pygostyle of a bird.
verb
Definitions
To follow and observe surreptitiously.
Example: Tail that car!
To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into
To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
Example: This vessel tails downstream.
To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.