undertail

undertail

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ tail.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

undertail (not comparable)

  1. Beneath a tail.
  2. On the underside of the tail.
    Synonym: subcaudal

Noun

undertail (plural undertails)

  1. (ornithology) The ventral part of the tail of a bird.
  2. The underside of a tail.
    • 2005, Reader's Digest, Encyclopedia of Australian Wildlife‎[1]:
      The whiptail wallaby is a slender, long-tailed, long-limbed macropod. […] its belly and the base of its undertail are white; the rest of its tail, feet and paws are dark.

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