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Thesaurus: ringtail

A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier.

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  1. n. A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier.
  2. n. A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail.
  3. n. raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings
  4. n. North American raccoon
  5. n. monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl
  6. n. an immature golden eagle
  7. 1. (Zoöl.) 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.
  8. A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as thehen harrier.
  9. n. an immature golden eagle