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SHORT-TAILED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does short-tailed mean?
• SHORT-TAILED (adjective)
The adjective SHORT-TAILED has 1 sense:
1. having a short tail
Familiarity information: SHORT-TAILED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a short tail
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Context examples
Any member of four genera of the rodent family Cricetidae; short-tailed Old World burrowing rodents with large cheek pouches.
(Hamster, NCI Thesaurus)
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