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SCUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scut mean?
• SCUT (noun)
The noun SCUT has 1 sense:
1. a short erect tail
Familiarity information: SCUT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A short erect tail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("scut" is a kind of...):
tail (the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body)
Holonyms ("scut" is a part of...):
coney; cony; rabbit (any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food)
cervid; deer (distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers)
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