ring-tailed adjective. ['rɪŋteɪld] E18.
[formed as RINGTAIL + -ED².]
Chiefly Zoology & Ornithology.
1. a. Having a band of colour around or across the tail. E18.
b. Having the tail ringed with alternating colours. E18.

2. Having the tail curled at the end. M19.
Special collocations: ring-tailed eagle an immature golden eagle, having a single light band across the tail (formerly mistaken for a separate species). ring-tailed lemur a lemur with a black and white striped tail, Lemur catta. ring-tailed possum = ringtail possum s.v. RINGTAIL 3. ring-tailed roarer US an imaginary animal; an exceptionally strong or noisy person.

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