monkey tail

Banister's decorative terminus

A monkey tail is a curving, tail-like shape or appendage.

In typography and casual speech, it's a playful name for the @ symbol, from its curled form.

In architecture and metalwork, a monkey tail is a decorative scroll or curl, especially on handrails or ironwork: The wrought-iron gate featured elegant monkey tails.

primate

macaque

Asian cheek-pouched primate

  • baboonDog-snouted Old World monkey
  • capuchinMonkey resembling a friar
  • howlerEmbarrassingly obvious mistake

marmoset · tamarin · langur · colobus · mandrill · gibbon · lemur · troop · grooming · foraging

anatomy

prehensile

Adapted for grasping

curl · coil · hang · swing · balance · climb · appendage · flexible · muscular · dexterity

plant

cactus

Spiny desert plant

cylindrical · spines · pot · houseplant · curl · draping · windowsill

typography

at sign

Email address divider

  • symbolRepresentational mark or sign
  • emailDigital written communication
  • keyboardArray of input keys

character · punctuation · handle · address · glyph · strudel

Categories
Opposites
line geometry

monkey tailstraight line

Undeviated continuous path

handrail termination style

monkey tailbutt end

Thicker terminal portion

flat cap · flush mount

Family

monkey, tail, monkeys, tails, tailed, tailing, tailless

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G