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Date "LONG-TAILED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Long-tailed How about the long-tailed beggar? A reproof given to one who is drawing the longbow too freely. The tale is that a boy who had been a short voyage pretended on his return to have forgotten everything belonging to his native home, and asked his mother what she called that "long-tailed beggar," meaning the cat. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: LONG-TAILED |
| English words defined with "LONG-TAILED": Actias luna ♦ Bishop ray, Bottle tit, bush baby, bushbaby ♦ Clangula hyemalis, collared lizard, crow blackbird, Cuckoo dove ♦ desert iguana, Dipsosaurus dorsalis ♦ Eira barbara, Erythrocebus patas, eyra ♦ Felis yagouaroundi ♦ galago, grackle, green monkey ♦ Hareld, hussar monkey ♦ jaguarondi, jaguarundi, jaguarundi cat ♦ Kalasie, Kra ♦ langur, Lanneret, long tom, luna moth, Lungoor ♦ macaw, magpie, Mimus polyglotktos, mocker, mockingbird, monkey ♦ old squaw, oldwife ♦ parakeet, paraquet, paroquet, parrakeet, parroket, parroquet, patas, Phatagin, pheasant, Pluto monkey, Pokebag, Prinpriddle, Propithecus ♦ Quesal ♦ rat ♦ Saimiri sciureus, Sarcelle, Silver pheasant, Simpai, Soulili, squirrel monkey ♦ taira, tayra, towhee ♦ Woolly maki. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "LONG-TAILED": Alligators and Crocodiles ♦ stacked long-tailed pair. (references) |
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Long-tailed weasels have been identified as carriers of fleas inoculated with Yersinia pestis, the plague bacterium. Credit: CDC. | ![]() | Long-Tailed Duck. Credit: Alaska Image Library. | |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "LONG-TAILED" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "LONG-TAILED" is used about 59 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 59 | 44,010 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "LONG-TAILED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 鼫 (long-tailed marmot), 鶡 (crossbill, long-tailed pheasant). (various references) | |
Danish | long-tailed par (long-tailed pair), lille kjove (long-tailed skua, Usa: long-tailed jaeger), langhalefaar (long-tailed sheep), langfrynset uldlus (long-tailed mealybug), uldlus (long-tailed mealybug), stacked long-tail pairs (stacked long-tailed pair), katodekoblet modtakttrin (long-tailed pair), havlit (long-tailed duck, Usa: old squaw), halemejse (long-tailed tit), fasevender (long-tailed pair), art af smalfodet pungspidsmus (long-tailed dunnart). (various references) | |
Dutch | long tailed pair (long-tailed pair), langstaartwolluis (long-tailed mealybug), langstaartsmalvoetbuidelmuis (long-tailed dunnart), langstaartschaap (long-tailed sheep), langstaartmarmot (long-tailed marmot), langstaartige witte luis (long-tailed mealybug), verschilversterker (differentiating amplifier, long-tailed pair), staartmees (long-tailed tit), kleinste jager (long-tailed skua, Usa: long-tailed jaeger), ijseend (long-tailed duck, Usa: old squaw), heideschaap (long-tailed sheep), gestapelde long-tailed pair (stacked long-tailed pair), balanceerschakeling (long-tailed pair). (various references) | |
Finnish | pitkähäntälammas (long-tailed sheep), kaunokilpikkä (long-tailed mealybug), katodikytketty vastakkaisvaiheaste (long-tailed pair), kaksiputkinen vaiheenkäännin (long-tailed pair), alli (long-tailed duck). (various references) | |
French | lanius cabanisi (long-tailed fiscal), labbe longue queue (long-tailed skua, Usa: long-tailed jaeger), lamprotornis purpuropterus (rueppell's long-tailed starling), cochenille des serres (long-tailed mealybug), cochenille farineuse des serres (long-tailed mealybug), coliuspasser progne (long-tailed widow bird), cormoran africain (long-tailed cormorant), déphaseur deux tubes (long-tailed pair), harelde boréale (long-tailed duck), harelde de miquelon (long-tailed duck), "paire longue queue" (long-tailed pair), marmotte longue queue (long-tailed marmot), veuve longue queue (long-tailed widow bird), merle métallique longue queue (rueppell's long-tailed starling), morillon glacial (long-tailed duck), mouton queue longue (long-tailed sheep), paire "longue queue" superposée (stacked long-tailed pair), pangolin longue queue (long-tailed pangolin), phalacrocorax africanus (long-tailed cormorant), pie-grièche longue queue (long-tailed fiscal), souris marsupiale longue queue (long-tailed dunnart), stercoraire longicaude (long-tailed skua, Usa: long-tailed jaeger), mésange longue queue (long-tailed tit). (various references) | |
German | langschwänziges Schaf (long-tailed sheep), lamprotornis purpuropterus (lamprotornis purpuropterus, rueppell's long-tailed starling), langschwänziges Murmeltier (long-tailed marmot), Langschwanz-Schmalfussbeutelmaus (long-tailed dunnart), Langschwanzschuppentier (long-tailed pangolin), lanius cabanisi (lanius cabanisi, long-tailed fiscal), langdornige Schmierlaus (long-tailed mealybug), phalacrocorax africanus (long-tailed cormorant, phalacrocorax africanus), Riedscharbe (long-tailed cormorant, phalacrocorax africanus), zusammengesetzte kathodengekoppelte Gegentaktendstufe (stacked long-tailed pair), Schwanzmeise (long-tailed tit), Cabaniswuerger (lanius cabanisi, long-tailed fiscal), Schweifglanzstar (lamprotornis purpuropterus, rueppell's long-tailed starling), kleine Raubmöwe (long-tailed skua, Usa: long-tailed jaeger), kathodengekoppelte Gegentaktstufe (long-tailed pair), Hahnenschweifwida (coliuspasser progne, long-tailed widow bird), Falkenraubmöwe (long-tailed skua), Eisente (long-tailed duck, Usa: old squaw), coliuspasser progne (coliuspasser progne, long-tailed widow bird). (various references) | |
Greek | lanius cabanisi (lanius cabanisi, long-tailed fiscal), μακροουροκότσυφας του Ruppell (lamprotornis purpuropterus, rueppell's long-tailed starling), coliuspasser progne (coliuspasser progne, long-tailed widow bird), αφρικανικός κορμοράνος (long-tailed cormorant, phalacrocorax africanus), ζεύγος λυχνιών διαχωρισμού φάσης (long-tailed pair), χιονόπαπια (long tailed duck), υπερτιθέμενοι διαφορικοί ενισχυτές με βαθμίδες σταθερού ρεύματος (stacked long-tailed pair), παγκολίνος ο μακρόκερκος (long-tailed pangolin), amprotornis purpuropterus (lamprotornis purpuropterus, rueppell's long-tailed starling), μακροουροκεφαλάς αετομάχος (lanius cabanisi, long-tailed fiscal), phalacrocorax africanus (long-tailed cormorant, phalacrocorax africanus), μακρονούρης (long-tailed tit), μακρόουρο πρόβατο (long-tailed sheep), μακρόουρος μαρσυποφόρος ποντικός (long-tailed dunnart), βαμβακώδης ψώρα των θερμοκηπίων (long-tailed mealybug), γερακοληστόγλαρος (long tailed skua), συμμετρικό κύκλωμα ζεύξεως εκπομπού διαφορικού ενισχυτή (long-tailed pair), μακροουροχήρα (coliuspasser progne, long-tailed widow bird, pin-tailed whydah, vidua macroura). (various references) | |
Italian | lanius cabanisi (lanius cabanisi, long-tailed fiscal), lamprotornis purpuropterus (lamprotornis purpuropterus, rueppell's long-tailed starling), labbo codalunga (long-tailed skua, Usa: long-tailed jaeger), storno di Rueppell (lamprotornis purpuropterus, rueppell's long-tailed starling), sfasatore ad accoppiamento catodico (long-tailed pair), phalacrocorax africanus (long-tailed cormorant, phalacrocorax africanus), moretta codona (long-tailed duck, Usa: old squaw), montone a coda lunga (long-tailed sheep), vedova codalunga (coliuspasser progne, long-tailed widow bird), topo marsupiale dai piedi stretti (long-tailed dunnart), averla dorsonero (lanius cabanisi, long-tailed fiscal), cormorano africano (long-tailed cormorant, phalacrocorax africanus), coppia a ripartizione di corrente (long-tailed pair), coppia a derivazioni lunghe sovrapposte (stacked long-tailed pair), coliuspasser progne (coliuspasser progne, long-tailed widow bird), codibugnolo (long-tailed tit). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 長尾鳥 (long-tailed fowl), 長尾鶏 (long-tailed fowl), 紅猿子 (long-tailed rose finch), 尾長鶏 (long-tailed cock), 尾長猿 (long-tailed monkey). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おながざる (long-tailed monkey), おながどり (long-tailed cock), ながおどり (long-tailed fowl), べにまし" (long-tailed rose finch). (various references) | |
Manx | peegagh (long-tailed skate, thornback, thornbackray), fammanagh (caudal, tail end, tailed, taillike), arbylagh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ong-tailedlay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | lamprotornis purpuropterus (lamprotornis purpuropterus, rueppell's long-tailed starling), rato marsupial de cauda comprida (long-tailed dunnart), phalacrocorax africanus (long-tailed cormorant, phalacrocorax africanus), pato-de-cauda-afilada (long-tailed duck, Usa: old squaw), par de cauda longa empilhado (stacked long-tailed pair), par de cauda comprida (long-tailed pair), moleiro-de-cauda-comprida (long-tailed skua, Usa: long-tailed jaeger), estorninho-de-Rueppel-de-cauda-longa (lamprotornis purpuropterus, rueppell's long-tailed starling), desfasador de dois tubos (long-tailed pair), corvo-marinho-africano (long-tailed cormorant, phalacrocorax africanus), chapim rabilongo (long-tailed tit). (various references) | |
Romanian | cu terminaţie lungã, cu coadã lungã. (various references) | |
Russian | морянка (long-tailed duck). (various references) | |
Spanish | rabudo. (various references) | |
Swedish | långsvansat får (long-tailed sheep), växthusullus (long-tailed mealybug), tvårörsfasvändare (long-tailed pair), transistorpar med gemensam emitter (long-tailed pair). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | довгохвостий. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Aegithalos caudatus, Clangula hyemalis, Manis longicaudata, Marmota caudata, Pseudococcus adonidum, Pseudococcus longispinus, RM:anda da glatsch, RM:muetta da la cua lunga, RM:sbrenzlina, Sminthopsis longicaudata, Stercorarius longicaudus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-g-i-l-l-n-o-t" | |
-2 letters: delating, delation, gelation, legation. | |
-3 letters: aligned, allonge, antilog, atingle, dealing, doating, dolling, elating, elation, gallein, galleon, gallied, galliot, gelatin, gellant, genital, geoidal, gillnet, glenoid, glinted, gloated, ingoted, ladling, leading, lentigo, lentoid, ligated, loading, tallied, taloned, tangelo, tangled, tangoed, telling, tillage, tingled, toenail, tollage, tolling. | |
-4 letters: aiglet, algoid, alined, allied, angled, atoned, dalton, dangle. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-g-i-l-l-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: decollating. | |
+2 letters: desolatingly. | |
+3 letters: deontological. | |
+4 letters: dinoflagellate. | |
+5 letters: dinoflagellates, grandiloquently. | |
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