ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Undertail

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Undertail is an adjective meaning Beneath a tail.

Meaning

Beneath a tail.

More Meanings

  1. On the underside of the tail.
  2. (ornithology) The ventral part of the tail of a bird.
  3. The underside of a tail.

Example Sentences

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.

Word Forms

Synonyms for undertail

Depending on context, synonyms include subcaudal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include coverts, subcaudal, pericaudal, tailward, caudoventral, supracaudal.

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