long-tailed

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long-tailed (comparative more long-tailed, superlative most long-tailed)

  1. Having a long tail (used in the names of various birds and animals).
    • 1842, Thomson, chapter X, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume II, London: Richard Bentley, , →OCLC, page 226:
      [] lastly, in regal pomp, Lady Wentworth’s state coach was seen, with six black and long-tailed horses, and two outriders; []

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