tailspine

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noun

A spine on the end of a tail

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Meanings

nountailspine (plural tailspines)

plural tailspines

  1. biologyA spine on the end of a tail

Origin

tail + spine

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

tailspine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tailspine

MLA

“tailspine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tailspine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tailspine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tailspine.

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