tail-shaped

1. 1.

   shaped like the tail of an animal

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Questions about tail-shaped

What does tail-shaped mean?

tail-shaped means "shaped like the tail of an animal".

How many syllables are in tail-shaped?

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

Is tail-shaped a common word?

tail-shaped is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.