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ringtail |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ringtail \Ring"tail`\, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier. 2. (Naut.) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ringtail n 1: raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings [syn: {bassarisk}, {cacomistle}, {cacomixle}, {coon cat}, {raccoon fox}, {ring-tailed cat}, {civet cat}, {miner's cat}, {Bassariscus astutus}] 2: North American raccoon [syn: {common raccoon}, {common racoon}, {coon}, {Procyon lotor}] 3: monkey of Central and South America having a cowl of thick hair on the head [syn: {capuchin}, {Cebus capucinus}] 4: an immature golden eagle
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