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Mare's-tail

Mare's-tail Meaning & Definition
Mare's-tail Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mare's-tail?

[n] a long narrow flowing cirrus cloud

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See Also | cirrus | cirrus cloud

Mare's-tail In Webster's Dictionary

\Mare's"-tail`\, n. 1. A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud. See {Cloud}. Mackerel sky and mare's-tails Make tall ships carry low sails. --Old Rhyme. 2. (Bot.) An aquatic plant of the genus {Hippuris} ({H. vulgaris}), having narrow leaves in whorls.

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