Bobtail
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Bobtail refers originally to an animal—usually a horse, dog, or cat—whose tail is cut short or is naturally short, and has since come to be applied to other objects whose tail or back end is shorter than normal. See:
- natural bobtail - animals carrying a gene for a naturally short tail
- docking, a more common term for bobbing, along with cropping
- Japanese Bobtail (cat), a type of cat
- American Bobtail, a type of cat
- Bobtail squid
- Poker jargon: a bobtail straight is an open-ended straight (see also Non-standard poker hand, List of slang names for poker hands)
- Cooper Car Company for a rear-engine racing car known as the bobtail
- Bobcat, a wild cat named for its naturally stubby tail
- Old English Sheepdog is sometimes called Bobtail.
- Bobtail truck is an informal term for a trailer-less tractor truck
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