A local name for the Tasmanian tit, Acanthiza diemenensis.(noun)
The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)
Use "browntail" in a sentence
"New England, soil of, 51-53; gypsy and browntail moths in, 152; beaver in, 179."
"Some years ago the gypsy moth and the browntail moth were introduced by accident into the New England states."
"Others on the move include bats, which have taken to using canals as a seasonal corridor in the warmth, according to a report from British Waterways, and thousands of browntail moth caterpillars, which have spun sticky canopies of cocoons on Canvey island, in Essex, to pupate earlier than usual."