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  • adjective Having a long tail (used in the names of various birds and animals).

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Examples

  • I finish the coffee while sitting on a rock watching some oldsquaws, I mean longtailed ducks, bouncing on the waves.

    Archive 2008-04-01 2008

  • I finish the coffee while sitting on a rock watching some oldsquaws, I mean longtailed ducks, bouncing on the waves.

    rainy day and new binoculars 2008

  • Other aquatic mammals include the tucuxi or grey dolphin Sotalia fluviatilis, giant otter (EN) and longtailed otter.

    Central Amazonian Conservation Complex, Brazil 2008

  • The longtailed moth followed the call to a deep cavern on an inlet of the northern coast of Aven.

    The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981

  • A longtailed moth, lime-green with windowpane eyespots, went fluttering from the high tower, down the northern cliffs, and over the dunes and badlands to the shore of the Catalan Lagoon.

    The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981

  • The old preacher had carefully combed his thin wool into a pyramid on the top of his head, and he looked, dressed in glossy black pants, longtailed blue coat, ruffled shirt, and high shirt collar, like

    The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

  • The hunters returned this evening having seen no tents or Indians nor any fresh sign of them; they killed two Mule deer, one common fallow or longtailed deer, 2 Buffaloe and 5 beaver, and saw several deer of the Mule kind of immence size, and also three of the Bighorned anamals. from the appearance of the Mule deer and the bighorned anamals we beleive ourselves fast approaching

    Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 1904

  • William slipped on his longtailed coat over his pajamas, hurried downstairs and married them there in the moonlight, after having examined the license the young man handed in through the parlor window.

    A Circuit Rider's Wife Corra Harris 1902

  • The red wagon and the pair of little longtailed stallions, which he had driven for six years, were bought by the owner of a rival flour-mill in the parish of Vilray; but his best sleigh, with its coon-skin robes, was bought by the widow of Palass Poucette, who bought also the famous bearskin which Dolores had given her at Jean Jacques 'expense, and had been returned by her to its proper owner.

    The Money Master, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

  • The red wagon and the pair of little longtailed stallions, which he had driven for six years, were bought by the owner of a rival flour-mill in the parish of Vilray; but his best sleigh, with its coon-skin robes, was bought by the widow of Palass Poucette, who bought also the famous bearskin which Dolores had given her at Jean Jacques 'expense, and had been returned by her to its proper owner.

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

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