ringtail: Meaning and Definition of
ring•tail
Pronunciation: (ring'tāl"), [key]
— n.
- any phalanger of the genus Pseudocheirus, having the prehensile tail curled into a ring.
- cacomistle.
- Also calleda narrow studdingsail set abaft a gaff sail, esp. a spanker, upon spears extending beyond the gaff and boom.
—adj.
- ring-tailed.
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