Alternative form of bristletail

Ophiopsammus maculata - a reddish-brown starfish with five smooth, rounded, jointed arms, each tapered towards the tip growing up to 300 mm across. Commonly found amongst seaweed from low-tide to about 20 m depth throughout New Zealand.

snifting valve

plural of tail valve

A covering for a horse's tail

plural of horse tail

Alternative form of horsetail.

(also figuratively) following (someone) closely

(probability) an event associated with a given infinite sequence Y=y_k|k>k_0 that is determined by any subsequence of the form Y_n=y_k|k>n,n>k_0 (a "tail" of that sequence) / a low-probability event

plural of beaver tail