noun The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.
Most primates have a tail and fangs.
noun An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails; a strand of material hanging from something.
noun The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
noun The feathers attached to the pygostyle of a bird.
noun The tail-end of any object.
noun The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage.
noun The visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind.
noun The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.