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Mare's-tail   Listen
noun
Mare's-tail  n.  
1.
A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud. See Cloud. "Mackerel sky and mare's-tails Make tall ships carry low sails."
2.
(Bot.) An aquatic plant of the genus Hippuris (Hippuris vulgaris), having narrow leaves in whorls.






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