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Nov 30, 2009
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bob•tail



Pronunciation: (bob'tāl"), [key]
—n.
1. a short or docked tail.
2. an animal with such a tail.

—adj.
1. Also,bob'tailed".having a bobtail.
2. cut short; docked; cropped.
3. shorter or briefer than usual; abbreviated: Several legislative items must be dropped from the current bobtail session of Congress.

—v.t.
to cut short the tail of; dock, often by cutting a muscle in a horse's tail to make it stand erect.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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