spadetail

noun

Etymology

From spade + tail.

  1. derived from *deḱ-
  2. derived from *doḱ-
  3. inherited from *taglą
  4. inherited from *tagl
  5. inherited from tæġl
  6. inherited from tail
  7. compounded as spadetail — “spade + tail

Definitions

  1. A mutation (and associated gene) affecting the trunk mesoderm in some fish embryos.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for spadetail. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA