Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ringtail"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ringtail \Ring"tail`\, n.
1. (Zo["o]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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ringtail
n 1: raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the
southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with
black and white rings [syn: {bassarisk}, {cacomistle}, {cacomixle},
{coon cat}, {raccoon fox}, {ring-tailed cat}, {civet
cat}, {miner's cat}, {Bassariscus astutus}]
2: North American raccoon [syn: {common raccoon}, {common
racoon}, {coon}, {Procyon lotor}]
3: monkey of Central and South America having a cowl of thick
hair on the head [syn: {capuchin}, {Cebus capucinus}]
4: an immature golden eagle
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