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tail-shaped

tail-shaped

5.1
Having the shape of an animal's tail
  • adjective
translation icon : en forma de cola
  • Her dress featured a tail-shaped hem that gave it a whimsical appearance.

Examples

  • The kite had a tail-shaped design that fluttered gracefully in the wind.

  • Then she described them in her own way, how one had a tail shaped like a pennant or the flag of some undersea nation: green, red, yellow.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The sculpture resembled a tail-shaped form, capturing the essence of movement.

Synonyms

taillike
vstail-shaped
6.5

Having a long thin part at the back like an animal's tail

describes having that rear extension shape specifically

How Human-Shaped

tail-shaped
5.1
amorphous
  • Specialized
5 7.3

Surface Forms

tail-shaped positive

Morphology

tail-shaped = tail + shaped (transparent) = tail + shape + ed

The meaning is directly compositional: something is described as being shaped like a tail.

Etymology

The word tail-shaped comes from the simple English parts tail ('the long part at the back of an animal') and shaped ('having a certain form'). So, it means 'having the shape of a tail', and a helpful image is a fish or kite tail to remember it.