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Scut

Scut Meaning & Definition
Scut Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Scut?

[n] a short erect tail

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See Also | cervid | coney | cony | deer | rabbit | tail

Scut In Webster's Dictionary

\Scut\, n. [Cf. Icel. skott a fox's tail. [root] 159.] [Obs.] The tail of a hare, or of a deer, or other animal whose tail is short, sp. when carried erect; hence, sometimes, the animal itself. ``He ran like a scut.'' --Skelton. How the Indian hare came to have a long tail, wheras that part in others attains no higher than a scut. --Sir T. Browne. My doe with the black scut. --Shak.

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