OXTAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oxtail mean? 

• OXTAIL (noun)
  The noun OXTAIL has 1 sense:

1. the skinned tail of cattle; used especially for soups

  Familiarity information: OXTAIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OXTAIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The skinned tail of cattle; used especially for soups

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("oxtail" 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)

Holonyms ("oxtail" is a substance of...):

oxtail soup (a soup made from the skinned tail of an ox)