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broadtail en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɹɔːdteɪl/

Etymology

From broad + tail.

Meanings

1. The hide or fur of a Persian lamb, formerly used in clothing etc.
2. (dated) Any of various parrots in the genus Platycercus.
   • The mail steamer did not arrive for a week, and I occupied myself in getting as many of the birds as I could, and found some which were very interesting. Among them were five species of pigeons of as many distinct genera, and most of them peculiar to the island; two parrots--the fine red-winged broad-tail (Platycercus vulneratus), allied to an Australian species, and a green species of the genus Geoffroyus. 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 294:

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Relateds

broadtail shortfin squid · breitschwanz

Synonyms

breitschwantz