present participle of chase one's tail

(idiomatic) To busily try to perform many tasks or to repeatedly revise one's plans, especially with inefficient use of one's time and limited results.

plural of long-tailed duck

An Arctic sea bird, Clangula hyemalis.

Synonym of nailtail wallaby.

Carex typhina (in Carex subg. Carex), native to eastern North America

(of a person) To be struggling with poverty, constantly in money difficulties.

plural of short-tailed weasel

(idiomatic) To do something that has a risk of going catastrophically wrong. / (idiomatic) To annoy an irritable person.

A primate of the species Macaca fascicularis, native to Southeast Asia.