cock-tailed

cock-tailed
\\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
Etymology: cock (I)
of an animal : with the tail or hinder part of the body cocked up; especially of a horse : docked and nicked in the tail so that the stump sticks up

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