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Broadtail
//ˈbɹɔːdteɪl// noun
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Noun
- 1 The hide or fur of a Persian lamb, formerly used in clothing etc.
- 2 hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur wordnet
- 3 Any of various parrots in the genus Platycercus. dated
"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."
- 4 the fur of a very young karakul lamb wordnet
Etymology
From broad + tail.
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