Translation for 'tail' from English to Slovak

tail [attr.]

chvostový {adj}ichtyozool.

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to tail sb. [coll.]

sledovať n-ho [nedok.]

prenasledovať n-ho [nedok.]

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tail

chvost {m}

tail [coll.] [detective, private investigator]

očko {n} [sl.] [detektív al. policajt nasadený na sledovanie]

tail [of ski, snowboard]

päta {f} [lyže, snowboardu]šport

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prehensile tail

lapavý chvost {m}zool.

ovíjavý chvost {m}zool.

tail end

úplný koniec {m}

tail fin

chvostová plutva {f}ichtyo

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to flick a tail

švihnúť chvostom [dok.]

to wag one's tail

zavrtieť chvostom [dok.]

vrtieť chvostom [nedok.]

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to put a tail on sb. [coll.]

nasadiť očko na n-ho [dok.] [sl.]

• The fur continues on along the tail of this possum but abruptly stops once the distal portion of the tail is reached to reveal a hairless tail.
• With the rise in popularity of butterfly tail moors, there have been efforts to distinguish the different butterfly tail types such as the faery butterfly, shuan shu (Chinese comb tail) butterfly, delta and trapezium tail butterfly.
• Tail hairs are also cut. "Clipping" the tail usually refers to trimming the sides of the dock, to a point about halfway down the dock.
• The genus name "Uroderma" is said to be derived from the Greek words "uro" for “tail” and "derma" for “skin”, thus meaning “tail of skin”.
• In the past called "short-tail pointer", the braque du Bourbonnais is sometimes born with a short tail (brachyury) or no tail at all (anury).

• Dragon's Tail, dragon tail, etc. may refer to the tail of a dragon.
• The tail of the aircraft was primarily painted in maroon, with a white arc from the middle-left of the tail to the bottom-right of the tail.
• The General Atomics MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft has an "inverted V-tail".
• Variations on the twin tail include the triple tail, twin boom tail and double tail.
• The vertical tail is typically mounted on top of the rear fuselage, with the horizontal stabilizers mounted on the side of the fuselage (a configuration termed "conventional tail").

• The cruciform tail gives the benefit of clearing the aerodynamics of the tail away from the wake of the engine, while not requiring the same amount of strengthening of the vertical tail section in comparison with a T-tail design.
• "Tail Sock:" Pogo has lost her special tail sock! When she finds it, the trio decide to find somewhere where the tail sock won't get lost again.
• Most lizards can regrow their tail and they can lose it voluntarily.
• The V-tail or "Vee-tail" (sometimes called a butterfly tail or Rudlicki's V-tail and was tested for the first time on the Hanriot H-28 trainer aircraft, modified by a Polish aerospace manufacturer Plage and Laśkiewicz in the summer of 1931. ...
• Comparison of the tail feathers to another similar discovery, both possessing a long fan shaped tail improving flight, suggests these to be the oldest form of bird with this type of tail.

• When the vertical tail is swept, the horizontal tail can be made smaller because it is further rearwards and therefore has a greater lever arm. Tail sweep may be necessary at high Mach numbers.
• When the tail loops over itself, it's called "curly": [...] "curly-tail j", [...] "curly-tail c".