tailed

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of tail. Use this form for something that already happened.

   The detective tailed the suspect across town all afternoon.

   Reporters tailed the senator from one meeting to the next.

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2. 2
   adjectivein compounds

   Having a tail: the long part at the back of many animals.

   Tailed animals often use the appendage for balance when they climb.

   The newly hatched creature was small and tailed, unlike its parents.

   Oppositetailless

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3. 3
   adjective

   Used of butterflies that have one or more thin, thread-like tips on each back wing.

   Swallowtails are tailed butterflies, with slender points trailing from each hind wing.

   Collectors prize the rare tailed butterfly for the long filaments on its wings.

   Oppositetailless

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