Definition of Ringtail

1. Noun. Raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings.


2. Noun. North American raccoon.
Exact synonyms: Common Raccoon, Common Racoon, Coon, Procyon Lotor
Generic synonyms: Raccoon, Racoon

3. Noun. Monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl.
Exact synonyms: Capuchin, Cebus Capucinus
Generic synonyms: New World Monkey, Platyrrhine, Platyrrhinian
Group relationships: Cebus, Genus Cebus

4. Noun. An immature golden eagle.
Generic synonyms: Aquila Chrysaetos, Golden Eagle

Definition of Ringtail

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

Definition of Ringtail

1. Noun. A ring-tailed animal, notably: ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ringtail

1. an animal having a tail with ringlike markings [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ringtail

1. 1. A bird having a distinct band of colour across the tail, as the hen harrier. 2. A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; called also ringsail. Ringtail boom, a spar which is rigged on a boom for setting a ringtail. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ringtail

ringnecks
ringolevio
ringpiece
ringpieces
rings
rings in
ringside
ringside seat
ringsider
ringsiders
ringsides
ringspot
ringster
ringsters
ringstraked
ringtail (current term)
ringtailed
ringtails
ringtaw
ringtaws
ringtone
ringtones
ringtoss
ringtosses
ringway
ringways
ringwise
ringwoodite
ringwoodites
ringwork

Literary usage of Ringtail

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fur Facts by Albert M. Ahern (1922)
"THE ringtail CAT The ringtail cat is not familiar to most trappers as it is found only in parts of New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, California, ..."

2. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1827)
"Mr. Darnell's br. c. by Waverley, dam by Sancho, out of ringtail. Lord Kennedy's bc by Champignon, dam by Shuttle. Lord Kennedy's br. c. by Whisker, ..."

3. Neighbours of Field, Wood, and Stream: Or, Through the Year with Nature's by Morton Grinnell (1901)
"Cooney the Fox—ringtail the Coon—Shy the Red Deer— Swift the Otter. /^OONEY the Fox had one accustomed y^ run. He had many others that he knew like an open ..."

4. Centennial History of Missouri: (the Center State) One Hundred Years in the by Walter Barlow Stevens (1921)
"ringtail Painter, by tradition, was the first white settler in the Grand river country. ... The subject of one of these sketches was ringtail Painter. ..."

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