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  • 11mare's-tail — n. Cirrus, cat s tail …

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  • 12mare's tail — /ˈmɛəz teɪl/ (say mairz tayl) noun 1. a common aquatic plant of shallow ponds and streams, Hippuris vulgaris; a noxious weed. 2. → horsetail. 3. a cirrus cloud resembling a horse s tail …

  • 13mare's tail — noun a long narrow flowing cirrus cloud • Hypernyms: ↑cirrus, ↑cirrus cloud …

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  • 14Grey Mare's Tail, Llanrwst — For the Grey Mare s Tail in Scotland, see Grey Mare s Tail. The Grey Mare s Tail is a waterfall on the very edge of the Snowdonia National Park near Gwydir Castle in the county of Conwy, north Wales. It lies just off the B5106 between the town of …

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  • 15Grey Mare's Tail — For the Grey Mare s Tail near Llanrwst, North Wales, see Grey Mare s Tail, Llanrwst Grey Mare s Tail is a convert|60|m|ft|adj=on hanging valley waterfall near to Moffat in southern Scotland. The fall is produced by the Tail Burn flowing from Loch …

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  • 16Common Mare's Tail — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) …

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  • 17mare — 1. n. 1 the female of any equine animal, esp. the horse. 2 sl. derog. a woman. Phrases and idioms: mare s nest an illusory discovery. mare s tail 1 a tall slender marsh plant, Hippuris vulgaris. 2 (in pl.) long straight streaks of cirrus cloud.… …

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  • 18mare's tails — long straight streaks of cirrus cloud. → mare s tail …

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  • 19horse|tail — «HRS TAYL», noun. 1. the tail of a horse. 2. any one of various plants with hollow, jointed stems, and scalelike leaves at each joint; equisetum; scouring rush. 3. = mare s tail (def. 2). (Cf. ↑mare s tail) 4. a horse s tail formerly used as a… …

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  • 20bottle-tail — uodeguonė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Šeima. Uodeguoniniai – Hippuridaceae Vest atitikmenys: lot. Hippuris angl. bottle tail; horse tail; mare’s tail vok. Tannenwedel rus. хвостник lenk. przęstka …

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