Webster's 1913 Dictionary
RING-TAILED
RING-TAILED Ring "-tailed `, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color. Ring- tailed cat (Zoöl.), the cacomixle. -- Ring-tailed eagle (Zoöl.), a young golden eagle.
New American Oxford Dictionary
ring-tailed
ring-tailed ▶adjective used in names of mammals and birds that have the tail banded in contrasting colors, e.g., ring-tailed lemur, or curled at the end, e.g., ring-tailed possum.
ring-tailed cat
ring-tailed cat ▶noun a North American cacomistle, a nocturnal raccoonlike mammal with a dark-ringed tail. Also called ringtail. [Bassariscus astutus, family Procyonidae. ]
ring-tailed lemur
ring-tailed le mur ▶noun a gregarious lemur with a gray coat, black rings around the eyes, and distinctive black-and-white banding on the tail. [Lemur catta, family Lemuridae. ]
Oxford Dictionary
ring-tailed
ring-tailed ▶adjective used in names of mammals and birds that have the tail banded in contrasting colours, e.g. ring-tailed lemur, or curled at the end, e.g. ring-tailed possum (see ringtail ( sense 2 )).
ring-tailed cat
ring-tailed cat ▶noun a nocturnal raccoon-like mammal with a dark-ringed tail, found in North America. Also called ringtail, cacomistle. ●Bassariscus astutus, family Procyonidae.
ring-tailed lemur
ring-tailed lemur ▶noun a gregarious lemur with a grey coat, black rings around the eyes, and distinctive black-and-white banding on the tail. ●Lemur catta, family Lemuridae.
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