Usually means: Distribution with extended, infrequent outliers.
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  1. long-tailed, long-tailed: Collins English Dictionary
  2. Long-tailed, long-tailed: Wordnik
  3. long-tailed: Wiktionary
  4. Long-tailed: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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  1. long-tailed: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (long-tailed)

▸ adjective:  Having a long tail (used in the names of various birds and animals).

Similar:
shorttail, longicaudal, longicaudate, bigtail, pintailed, caudate, bobtailed, roughtail, longnecked, stripetail, more...

Opposite:
short-tailed, stubby-tailed, bobtailed

Phrases:
long-tailed porcupine, Long-tailed weasel, long-tailed duck, long-tailed tit, long-tailed macaque, more...

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Similar:
shorttail, longicaudal, longicaudate, bigtail, pintailed, caudate, bobtailed, roughtail, longnecked, stripetail, more...

Opposite:
short-tailed, stubby-tailed, bobtailed

Phrases:
long-tailed porcupine, Long-tailed weasel, long-tailed duck, long-tailed tit, long-tailed macaque, long-tailed tits, long-tailed ducks, long-tailed jaeger, long-tailed pangolin, long-tailed stingray, more...



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