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)

• "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."