Meaning

noun the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body

verb go after with the intent to catch

noun the time of the last part of something

originFrom Middle English tail, tayl, teil, from Old English tæġl (“tail”), from Proto-West Germanic *tagl, from Proto-Germanic *taglą (“hair, fiber; hair of a tail”), from Proto-Indo-European *doḱ- (“hair of the tail”), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to tear, fray, shred”). Cognate with…

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