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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesà longue queue
Pronunciation / Transliteration: a lɔ̃ɡ kø
"Le singe à longue queue sautait d'arbre en arbre."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Having a long tail.
"The long-tailed bird fluttered gracefully between the branches of the eucalyptus tree." - 2
Relating to statistical distributions with a large number of occurrences far from the head or central mean.
"The company capitalized on a long-tailed market strategy focusing on niche products."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English, combining 'long' from Old English lang and 'tail' from Old English tæġel, alongside the participial suffix '-ed'. Historically used in zoology and botany to describe animals or plants possessing an unusually extended caudal appendage.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Long-tailed" is said worldwide
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à longue queue
Transliteration: a lɔ̃ɡ kø
"Le singe à longue queue sautait d'arbre en arbre."
langschwänzig
Transliteration: ˈlaŋˌʃvɛnt͡sɪç
"Der langschwänzige Vogel saß auf dem Ast."
lungo caudato
Transliteration: ˈluŋɡo kawˈdato
"La scimmia dalla lunga coda si dondolava."
de cola larga
Transliteration: de ˈkola ˈlarɣa
"El lagarto de cola larga se escondió entre las rocas."
de cauda longa
Transliteration: dʒi ˈkawdɐ ˈlõɡɐ
"O pássaro de cauda longa voou para longe."
लंबी पूंछ वाला
Transliteration: lambi puchh wala
"लंबी पूंछ वाला बंदर पेड़ पर कूद रहा था।"
长尾的
Transliteration: cháng wěi de
"那只长尾的鸟在树枝上歌唱。"
긴꼬리의
Transliteration: gin-kkori-ui
"긴꼬리의 원숭이가 나무 위를 돌아다녔다."
尾の長い
Transliteration: o no nagai
"尾の長い鳥が空高く飛んでいった。"
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