freetail

Other forms of freetail

plural

freetails·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about freetail

What does freetail mean?

freetail means "small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail; common in warm regions".

How many syllables are in freetail?

freetail has 2 syllables: free-tail. The stress falls on "free".

What is another word for freetail?

Close synonyms include free-tailed bat, freetailed bat. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is freetail a common word?

freetail is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.