| ADJECTIVE | all | bobtail, bobtailed | having a short or shortened tail |
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| NOUN | animal | bobtail, bob, dock | a short or shortened tail of certain animals |
| animal | bobtail, Old English sheepdog | large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail |
| Meaning | Having a short or shortened tail. | |
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| Example | "bobtail mare" | |
| Synonym | bobtailed | |
| Broader | caudate, caudated | Having a tail or taillike appendage |
| Spanish | descolado, rabicorto, rabón | |
| Catalan | anur, escuat | |
| Meaning | A short or shortened tail of certain animals. | |
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| Synonyms | bob, dock | |
| Broader | tail | The posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body |
| Spanish | cola cortada | |
| Catalan | cua tallada | |
| Meaning | large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain. | |
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| Synonym | Old English sheepdog | |
| Broader | shepherd dog, sheepdog, sheep dog | Any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep |
| Catalan | antic pastor anglès, bobtail | |
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