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bobtail
[ bob-teyl ]
adjective
- Also ²ú´Ç²út²¹¾±±ô±ð»å. having a bobtail.
- cut short; docked; cropped.
- shorter or briefer than usual; abbreviated:
Several legislative items must be dropped from the current bobtail session of Congress.
verb (used with object)
- to cut short the tail tails of; dock, often by cutting a muscle in a horse's tail to make it stand erect.
bobtail
/ ˈ²úÉ’²úËŒ³Ù±ðɪ±ô /
noun
- a docked or diminutive tail
- an animal with such a tail
adjective
- having the tail cut short
verb
- to dock the tail of
- to cut short; curtail
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of bobtail1
Example Sentences
He drives a bobtail truck moving furniture across Southern California.
It was a large, robust cat about the size of a jaguar, with an elongated face, lanky front legs, and a sloping back that ended in a bobtail.
Crook’s group has been comparing several painkillers in bobtail squid, but Crook says that they haven’t had much luck figuring out which drugs are the most effective, despite testing hundreds of animals.
Research will shift from the day octopus to the Hawaiian bobtail squid, which is unregulated.
Dr. Crook keeps a self-sustaining colony of hummingbird bobtail squid, which she began with individuals from the Marine Biological Laboratory.
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