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foxtail definition

fox·tail (fäks′tāl′)

noun

  1. the bushy tail of a fox
  2. any of various grasses (esp. genus Setaria) having cylindrical spikes bearing spikelets interspersed with stiff bristles

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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