squirreltail
noun (1)Definition of squirreltail
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: a tufted perennial grass (Sitanion hystrix) that has very bristly spikes disarticulating above each node and resembles lyme grass
2
or less commonly squirreltail grass
or squirreltail barley
: any of several grasses of the genus Hordeum (such as wall barley) with bushy spikes
squirrel tail
noun (2)Definition of squirrel tail (Entry 2 of 2)
: a tail arched forward beyond a vertical from its anterior base
—used chiefly of fowls
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