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bobtail definition

bob·tail (-tāl′)

noun

  1. a short tail or one cut short
  2. a horse or dog with a bobtail

adjective

  1. having a bobtail
  2. cut short; abbreviated

transitive verb

  1. to dock the tail of
  2. to cut short; curtail

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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