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BOBTAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bobtail mean? 

BOBTAIL (noun)
  The noun BOBTAIL has 2 senses:

1. a short or shortened tail of certain animalsplay

2. large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britainplay

  Familiarity information: BOBTAIL used as a noun is rare.


BOBTAIL (adjective)
  The adjective BOBTAIL has 1 sense:

1. having a short or shortened tailplay

  Familiarity information: BOBTAIL used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOBTAIL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A short or shortened tail of certain animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bob; bobtail; dock

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)


Sense 2

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bobtail; Old English sheepdog

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)


BOBTAIL (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a short or shortened tail

Synonyms:

bobtail; bobtailed

Context example:

bobtail mare

Similar:

caudate; caudated (having a tail or taillike appendage)


 Context examples 


An identifying characteristic is a natural or docked bobtail.

(Australian Shepherd, NCI Thesaurus)



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