backtag

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noun

An identifying tag affixed to the back of an animal.

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Meanings

nounbacktag (plural backtags)

plural backtags

  1. An identifying tag affixed to the back of an animal.
verbbacktag (third-person singular simple present backtags, present participle backtagging, simple past and past participle backtagged)

present singular third person backtags · participle present backtagging · participle past backtagged · past backtagged

  1. transitiveTo fit (an animal) with a tag of this kind.

Origin

From back + tag.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

tagback
Cite this entry
APA

backtag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backtag

MLA

“backtag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backtag. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backtag,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backtag.

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