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单词 bobtail
释义

bobtail

noun

bob·​tail ˈbäb-ˌtāl How to pronounce bobtail (audio)
1
a
: a bobbed tail
b
: a horse, dog, or cat with a bobbed or very short tail
especially : old english sheepdog
2
: something curtailed
bobtail adjective
or bobtailed
ˈbäb-ˌtāld How to pronounce bobtail (audio)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The 2-year-old bobtail cat belonged to Sexton's son, Kamryn Potter. Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2022 Most of his tail was amputated, leaving a very cute little stubby bobtail on his behind. Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2022 That afternoon, members of the convoy drove their bobtail trucks through Black Lives Matter Plaza. Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2022 Voyager 1 was transmitting data on the interstellar medium at a speed of about 160 bps, and 128 baby bobtail squid were sent to the International Space Station. Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 20 July 2021 The baby Hawaiian bobtail squid were raised at the University of Hawaii’s Kewalo Marine Laboratory and were blasted into space earlier this month on a SpaceX resupply mission to the International Space Station. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 23 June 2021 Along for the ride are 5,000 tardigrades, also known as water bears, and 128 baby glow-in-the-dark bobtail squid. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 3 June 2021 Some of the examples of trucks the association believes could traverse through the Wallace Tunnel and avoid the truck bridge include: Single-axle tractors pulling bobtail trailers, dump trucks, mixer trucks, fire trucks and garbage trucks. al, 9 June 2021 The 128 baby bobtail squid will be used as part of research into the effects of spaceflight on the interactions between microbes and animals. Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 3 June 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

bob entry 4

First Known Use

1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

bobtail

noun

bob·​tail ˈbäb-ˌtāl How to pronounce bobtail (audio)
1
: a short tail : a tail cut short
2
: an animal (as a dog) with a short tail
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