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How to pronounce “bobtail”
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Pronunciation guide for bobtail
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of bobtail with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 4 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Bonnie Bassler: The secret, social lives of bacteria 19 minutes
What you're looking at is the Hawaiian bobtail squid.
- Definition summary
- A short, or deliberately shortened tail.
Example 1 of 4
How to pronounce bobtail
Bonnie Bassler: The secret, social lives of bacteria 19 minutes

What you're looking at is the Hawaiian bobtail squid.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “bobtail”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A short, or deliberately shortened tail.
- An animal that has a bobtail, such as certain canines or nags.
- (agriculture) A tractor which performs without its trailer.
- A tractor-trailer that is relatively short in length.
- (poker, often attributive) An open-ended straight or four flush.
- A bobtail squid.
- A bobtail skink.
- [Verb]
- (agriculture) To drive a tractor without its trailer.
- To drive a truck or other vehicle without its trailer.
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