Usually means: Stiff, spiny tail of reptiles.
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  1. roughtail: Merriam-Webster
  2. roughtail: Wordnik
  3. roughtail: Wiktionary
  4. Roughtail: Dictionary.com
  5. Roughtail: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. roughtail: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Roughtail: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. roughtail: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Roughtail: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (roughtail)

▸ adjective:  (zoology, in animal names) Having a rough tail.
▸ noun:  A small snake of the family Uropeltidae.
▸ noun:  The roughtail stingray

Similar:
stripetail, cercal, caudate, whip-tailed, bobtailed, long-tailed, shorttail, brush-tailed, caudiform, curvicaudate, more...

Opposite:
smooth, polished, sleek

Phrases:
Roughtail stingray, more...

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Similar:
stripetail, cercal, caudate, whip-tailed, bobtailed, long-tailed, shorttail, brush-tailed, caudiform, curvicaudate, more...

Opposite:
smooth, polished, sleek

Phrases:
Roughtail stingray, more...



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