Definitions
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- noun Any object like a beaver's tail. Oval or tear-drop in plan; usually broad and flat.
- noun A fried-dough pastry of such shape.
- noun A species of
prickly pear cactus , Opuntia basilaris. - noun A gun grip of such shape.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Why not install a drop-in beavertail on your 1911 if that's what you like?
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Among other things that he went shopping for was something they call a beavertail here in Ottawa.
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Looking to Lead Canada, and for a Little Name Recognition Michael Ignatieff, center, the Liberal Party's candidate for Canadian prime minister, eats a pastry known as a beavertail after skating on the Rideau Canal in Ottawa last month.
NYT > Global Home By IAN AUSTEN 2011
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Well, ok this is more of a varmint gun or even a goat gun, it's heavy and has a beavertail stock.
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Well, ok this is more of a varmint gun or even a goat gun, it's heavy and has a beavertail stock.
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I'm a do it yourself type, I got a Springfield Armory GI Model and added a beavertail safety, soldered a brass shim on the back of the trigger strap to take out the slack.
David E. 2008
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My mom sent me this box of shoes last night, and also inexplicably included a beavertail filth prophylactic.
Individualism: Innovation or Absurdity? BikeSnobNYC 2009
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The Mojave supports numerous species of cacti, including several endemics, such as silver cholla (Opuntia echinocarpa), Mojave prickly pear (O. erinacea), beavertail cactus (O. basilaris), and many-headed barrel cactus (Echinocactus polycephalus).
Mojave desert 2008
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Stan Sesser Here, a beavertail cactus in glorious bloom.
In Bloom 2008
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The Predator has a gorgeous stock with a beavertail fore-end and a heavy barrel that is sharply tapered and gives the gun a streamlined look.
Straight Shooter 2005
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