MARE'S-TAIL

Meaning of MARE'S-TAIL in English

/mairz"tayl'/ , n.

1. a long narrow cirrus cloud whose flowing appearance somewhat resembles a horse's tail.

2. an erect, aquatic, Old World plant, Hippuris vulgaris, having crowded whorls of narrow, hairlike leaves.

[ 1755-65 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

MARE'S TAIL — noun (plural ~s or mares' tails) Date: 15th century 1. a common aquatic plant ( Hippuris vulgaris of the family …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MARE'S TAIL — noun ( plural mare's tails or mares' tails ) 1. : a cirrus cloud that has a long slender flowing …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MARE'S-TAIL — (n.) An aquatic plant of the genus Hippuris (H. vulgaris), having narrow leaves in whorls.
Английский словарь Webster
MARE'S-TAIL — (n.) A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud. See …
Английский словарь Webster
MARE'S-TAIL — ( n. ) An aquatic plant of the genus Hippuris (H. vulgaris), having narrow leaves in whorls.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MARE'S-TAIL — ( n. ) A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MARE'S TAIL — ( plural mare's tails or mares' tails ) Date: 15th century 1. a. : a common aquatic plant ( Hippuris …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MARE'S-TAIL — noun an aquatic plant of the genus hippuris (h. vulgaris), having narrow leaves in whorls. 2. mare's-tail ·noun a long …
Webster English vocab
MARE'S TAIL — Function: noun Inflected Form: plural mare's tails or mares' tails Date: 15th century 1 a : a common aquatic plant …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MARE'S TAIL — ■ noun 1》 a widely distributed water plant with whorls of narrow leaves around a tall stout stem. [ Hippuris …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MARE'S TAIL — [mare's tail] n, pl mare's tails or mares' tails (ca. 1762) 1 a: a common aquatic plant (Hippuris vulgaris of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MARE'S-TAIL — the aquatic plant Hippuris vulgaris or either of two other species of its genus, which constitute the water milfoil family …
Britannica English vocabulary
MARE'S-TAIL — mare's-tail BrE AmE ˈmeəz teɪ ə l AmE \ ˈmerz- ˈmærz- ▷ mare's-tail|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MARE'S-TAIL — n. Cirrus, cat's-tail.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
MARE'S TAIL — The name given to thin, wispy cirrus clouds composed of ice crystals that appear as veil patches or strands, often …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
MARE'S-TAIL — перистые облака, предвещающие дождь (ботаника) водяная сосенка (Hippuris vulgaris)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MARE'S-TAIL — n 1. pl перистые облака, предвещающие дождь 2. бот. водяная сосёнка ( Hippuris vulgaris )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MARE'S TAIL — (n) водяная сосенка; предвещающие дождь перистые облака
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
MARE'S-TAIL — n 1. pl перистые облака, предвещающие дождь 2. бот. водяная сосёнка ( Hippuris vulgaris )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
MARE'S-TAIL — n 1. pl перистые облака, предвещающие дождь 2. бот. водяная сосёнка ( Hippuris vulgaris )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
MARE'S-TAIL — 1) хвостник обыкновенный, водяная сосенка (Hippuris vulgaris) 2) хвощ зимующий (Equisetum hyemale) 3) мелколепестник канадский (Erigeron canadensis)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
MARE'S-TAIL — 1) хвостник обыкновенный, водяная сосенка ( Hippuris vulgaris ) 2) хвощ зимующий ( Equisetum hyemale ) 3) мелколепестник канадский ( …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
MARE'S-TAIL — перистые облака, предвещающие дождь (ботаника) водяная сосенка (Hippuris vulgaris)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MARE — cavalla. MARE'S NEST: fiasco
English interlingue dictionary
MARE — kabayo'ng baye;kabayong baye
English-Visayan vocabulary
MARE — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German mara incubus, Serbo-Croatian mora night~ Date: before …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MARE — I Any flat, low, dark plain on the Moon . Maria are huge impact basins containing lava flows marked by …
Английский словарь Британика
TAIL
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MARE — I. mare noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German & Old Norse …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAIL — tail 1 — tailer , n. — tailless , adj. — taillessly , adv. — taillessness , n. — taillike …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MARE — mare 1 /mair/ , n. a fully mature female horse or other equine animal. [ bef. 900; ME, var. of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAIL — I. ˈtāl noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tægel; akin to Old High German zagal tail, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MARE — I. mare noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German mara incubus, Serbo-Croatian mora nightmare Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAIL — noun ·see tailing, ·noun, 5. 2. tail ·noun limitation; abridgment. 3. tail ·noun ·same·as tailing, 4. 4. tail ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
MARE — noun the female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds. 2. mare ·noun sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a …
Webster English vocab
TAIL — [tail] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE taegel; akin to OHG zagal tail, MIr dual lock of hair] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MARE — [mare] n [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG mara incubus, Serbo-Croatian mora nightmare] (bef. 12c) obs: an evil preternatural being …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TAIL — in zoology, prolongation of the backbone beyond the trunk of the body, or any slender projection resembling such a structure. …
Britannica English vocabulary
MARE — I mare 'she-horse' BrE AmE meə AmE me ə r mæ ə r ▷ mares, mare's meəz AmE me ə …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TAIL — / teɪl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun OF BIRD / ANIMAL / FISH 1. [ C ] the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MARE — / meə(r); NAmE mer/ noun a female horse or donkey —compare brood mare , filly , stallion • IDIOMS - …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAIL
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MARE — mare /meə $ mer/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: mere ] 1 . a female …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TAIL — n. & v. 1 the hindmost part of an animal, esp. when prolonged beyond the rest of the body. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MARE — n. (pl. maria or mares) 1 (in full mare clausum) Law the sea under the jurisdiction of a particular country. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MARE — n. 1 the female of any equine animal, esp. the horse. 2 sl. derog. a woman. ømare's nest an illusory …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TAIL — n. & v. 1 the hindmost part of an animal, esp. when prolonged beyond the rest of the body. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MARE — n. (pl. maria or mares) 1 (in full mare clausum) Law the sea under the jurisdiction of a particular country. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MARE — n. 1 the female of any equine animal, esp. the horse. 2 sl. derog. a woman. mare's nest an illusory …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAIL — 1. n. & v. 1. the hindmost part of an animal, esp. when prolonged beyond the rest of the body. …
Oxford English vocab
MARE — 1. n.1 the female of any equine animal, esp. the horse. 2 sl. derog. a woman. Phrases and idioms: mare's …
Oxford English vocab
TAIL — ( tails, tailing, tailed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The tail …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MARE — ( mares) A mare is an adult female horse. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAIL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a dog wags its tail (= moves its tail from side to side to …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MARE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES brood mare COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE grey ▪ He was definitely impressed by Karen's …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MARE — [noun] [C] - an adult female horseA female horse is called a mare when it is over four years old.Compare …
Cambridge English vocab
MARE — n. de la Mare Walter John Mare Germanicum Mare Tirreno Maria Louise de la Ramée Maria Louise Ramé Girolamo Francesco …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MARE — n. Any flat, low, dark plain on the Moon . Maria are huge impact basins containing lava flows marked by …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MARE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MARE — Noun. 1. A woman. E.g."You silly mare! Why did you do that?" Derog.2. A terrible situation. Abb. of nightmare. E.g."We …
Slang English vocab
TAIL
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TAIL
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MARE — сущ. 1) кобыла (а также вообще самка непарнокопытных) Syn : horse 2) спорт разновидность броска в борьбе (тж. flying mare) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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