ringtail : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ringtail	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for ringtail
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ringtail n raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings Synonym(s): bassarisk, cacomistle, cacomixle, coon cat, raccoon fox, ringtail, ring- tailed cat, civet cat, miner's cat, Bassariscus astutus North American raccoon Synonym(s): common raccoon, common racoon, coon, ringtail, Procyon lotor monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl Synonym(s): capuchin, ringtail, Cebus capucinus an immature golden eagle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ringtail \Ring"tail`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier. 2. (Naut.) A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also {ringsail}. {Ringtail boom} (Naut.), a spar which is rigged on a boom for setting a ringtail.