Brush-tailed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Brush-tailed is an adjective meaning (zoology) Having a furry tail, as many marsupials.
Meaning
(zoology) Having a furry tail, as many marsupials.
Example Sentences
"Coursing? What, with those long-legged, brush-tailed brutes, like a fox upon stilts, which the prefect cozened you into buying?"
Nothing, only that it was restless and sticking its claws in the carpet to drag them out again, and apparently anxious to get out of the house - setting up its fur and looking brush-tailed, wild-eyed, and staring.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include roughtail, marsupialoid, whip-tailed, bobtailed, shorttail, stripetail.
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