fox·tail /ˈfɑksˌtel/
狐尾,狐尾草
Fox·tail n.
1. The tail or brush of a fox.
2. Bot. The name of several kinds of grass having a soft dense head of flowers, mostly the species of Alopecurus and Setaria.
3. Metal. The last cinders obtained in the fining process.
Foxtail saw, a dovetail saw.
Foxtail wedging. See Fox wedge, under Fox.
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foxtail
n : grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense
silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes [syn: foxtail
grass]