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bobtail

Adjective, Noun, Verb (transitive)

bob=tail

WORDNET DICTIONARY

bobtail(n = noun.animal) bob, dock - a short or shortened tail of certain animals; Array

is a kind of tail

bobtail(n = noun.animal) old english sheepdog - large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain; Array

is a kind of sheep dog, sheepdog, shepherd dog

bobtail(s = adj.all) bobtailed - having a short or shortened tail; "bobtail mare"

bobtail, n. [Bob + tail.].

An animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail. [1913 Webster]

Rag, tag, and bobtail, the rabble.

bobtail, a.

Bobtailed. Marryat. [1913 Webster]

bobtail, n. a docked tail; a horse or a dog with a bobtail.

Etymology

BOB(2) + TAIL(1)

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