ring·tail /-ˌtel/
環尾貓熊
Ring·tail n.
1. Zool. A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier.
2. Naut. A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail.
Ringtail boom Naut., a spar which is rigged on a boom for setting a ringtail.
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ringtail
n 1: raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the
southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with
black and white rings [syn: bassarisk, cacomistle, cacomixle,
coon cat, raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat, civet
cat, miner's cat, Bassariscus astutus]
2: North American raccoon [syn: common raccoon, common
racoon, coon, Procyon lotor]
3: monkey of Central America and South America having a cowl of
thick hair on the head [syn: capuchin, Cebus capucinus]
4: an immature golden eagle