tail

noun

1. The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.
2. An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails; a strand of material hanging from something.
3. The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
4. The feathers attached to the pygostyle of a bird.
5. The tail-end of any object.
6. The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage.
7. The visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind.
8. The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.
9. The part of a distribution most distant from the mode.
10. One who surreptitiously follows another.
11. The lower order of batsmen in the batting order, usually specialist bowlers.
12. The lower loop of the letters in the Roman alphabet, as in g, q or y.
13. The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.
14. All the last terms of a sequence, from some term on.
15. The buttocks or backside.
16. The penis of a person or animal.
17. Sexual intercourse.
18. The stern; the back of the kayak.
19. A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
20. The distal tendon of a muscle.