taillike

Like a tail

Resembling a tail in shape or position—long, narrow, and extending from a main body: The kite had a taillike streamer trailing behind it.

Used for describing appendages, projections, or formations that suggest a tail without actually being one.

appendage

caudal

Of the tail

antenna · proboscis · peduncle · cirrus · barbel · tentacle · plume · whip · streamer · trailer

elongated

projection

Something that extends outward

trail · wake · plume · train · comet · contrail · pennant · banner · wisp · strand

anatomical

fins

Swimming appendages

paws · claws · fur · scales · feathers · plumage · antlers · horns · tusks · hooves

Opposites
presence/absence of tail qualities

tailliketailless

Having no rear appendage

untailed

appendage shape

taillikestubby

Short and thick

truncated · blunt · rounded · knoblike · headlike

Family

like, detail, tail, retail, detailed, tailed, detailing, tailing, tailbone

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G