A bird, the spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularius.

plural of teeter-tail

(programming) A function call that is itself the last instruction in a function.

plural of daggle-tail

(obsolete) A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail.

A shrew-like animal native to Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, Ptilocercus lowii.

A small opossum, Monodelphis domestica, native South American rain forests, especially in Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia.

Cheirogaleus medius, one of the smallest primates, native to Madagascar, the only primate known to truly hibernate, which it does during Madagascar's dry season.

plural of fat-tailed dwarf lemur

(idiomatic) To possess great influence and opportunity.