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Definition of "free-tailed" [free-tailed]

  • Having the tail free from the interfemoral membrane to a considerable extent or entirely, as a bat; emballonurine.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "free-tailed" in a sentence
  • "In other words, the Governor is fully aware that he would be on solid scientific ground were he to designate the free-tailed bat as the official state flying mammal."
  • "And he knows that chiropterologists are in unanimous agreement that free-tailed bats, unlike elk, fly."
  • "Governor Fallin responds that she's foursquare behind him but wants in return his agreement that Utah, like Oklahoma, will designate the free-tailed bat as its official state flying mammal."
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