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BOBTAIL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain

Synonyms:

bobtail; Old English sheepdog

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("bobtail" is a kind of...):

sheep dog; sheepdog; shepherd dog (any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A short or shortened tail of certain animals

Synonyms:

bob; bobtail; dock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("bobtail" is a kind of...):

tail (the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a short or shortened tail

Example:

bobtail mare

Synonyms:

bobtail; bobtailed

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

caudate; caudated (having a tail or taillike appendage)

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