Alopecurus
noun
Alop·e·cu·rus
əˌläpəˈkyu̇rəs,
ˌaləpə-
: a genus of grasses found in temperate regions and having slender culms, flat leaves, and soft spikes see meadow foxtail
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek alōpekouros beard grass (Polypogon monspeliensis), from alōpek-, alōpēx fox + -ouros -urous
First Known Use
circa 1763, in the meaning defined above
- kicking back
- kicking butt
- kicking in
- kicking off
- kicking out
- kicking over
- kicking over the traces
- kicking the bucket
- kicking up
- kicking up a fuss
- kicking up one's heels
- kicking upstairs
- kicking-colt
- kicking-horses
- kickish
- kickoff
- kickoffs
- kickpipe
- kickplate
- kicks
- kicks (about)
- kicks about
- kicks around
- kicks back
- kicks butt