tail pin

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• tail pin — tail pin, a slender pin or peg projecting from the lower end of a cello, used to support it on the floor while it is being played …   Useful english dictionary

• pin|tail — «PIHN TAYL», noun, plural tails or (collectively) tail. any one of various birds that have long feathers in the center of the tail, such as: a) the pintail duck. b) the ruddy duck. c) the sharp tailed grouse. d) the pin tailed sand grouse …   Useful english dictionary

• pin-tailed — /pin tayld /, adj. Ornith. 1. having a tapered tail with long, pointed central feathers. 2. having the feathers of the tail stiff, narrow, and pointed. [1870 75] * * * …   Universalium

• Pin-tailed — a. (Zo[ o]l.) Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest; said of birds. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• tail|stock — «TAYL STOK», noun. the adjustable rear frame of a lathe or grinder, carrying the nonrevolving pin …   Useful english dictionary

• pin-tailed sand grouse — «PIHN TAYLD», a sand grouse of Asia, Africa, and southern Europe, having its central tail feathers elongated …   Useful english dictionary

• Pin the Tail on the Donkey — with a missing tail is tacked to a wall within easy reach of children.citation title=Pin the Tail on the Donkey author=Joanna Cole author2=Stephanie Calmenson author3=Alan Tiegreen publisher=Chronicle Books year=2004 pages=8–9 isbn= 1587172305]… …   Wikipedia

• Pin-tailed Whydah — Taxobox name = Pin tailed Whydah status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Viduidae genus = Vidua species = V. macroura binomial = Vidua macroura binomial authority =… …   Wikipedia

• pin the tail on the donkey — a children s party game in which a blindfolded player, holding a paper tail, is turned around several times before a large picture of a tailless donkey that the player then attempts to locate in order to pin the tail in place. Also, pin the tail… …   Universalium

• pin the tail on the donkey — a children s party game in which a blindfolded player, holding a paper tail, is turned around several times before a large picture of a tailless donkey that the player then attempts to locate in order to pin the tail in place. Also, pin the tail… …   Useful english dictionary

• pin-tailed sandgrouse — noun sandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathers • Syn: ↑pin tailed grouse, ↑Pterocles alchata • Hypernyms: ↑sandgrouse, ↑sand grouse • Member Holonyms: ↑Pterocles, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary