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plural horsetails
(literal) The tail of a horse. examples
(botany) Any of various simple vascular plants, of the order Equisetales, that have hollow stems and produce spores. examples
(military) A Turkish standard denoting rank.
(botany) A mare's tail, a water plant in genus Hippuris. examples
Any waterfall, the descending water of which maintains contact with bedrock most of the time. examples
(anatomy) cauda equina, a bundle of nerve fibers. examples
(rare) A ponytail hairstyle. quotations
They were psychic mediums that wore a horsetail hairstyle. They believed that their long hair acted as cosmic antennae to receive alien communication from beyond.
2011, George Romero, The Rescue, page 160
The woman was tall and rail-thin, bony across the shoulders and breast, with arms and legs of wire and gristle. A fighter, she wore the traditional haircut, shaved temples, roach of hair tugged back in a horsetail.
2012, Clayton Emery, Mortal Consequences: Forgotten Realms