tail
Let an agent explain tails, relay anatomy, evolution and functions across animals from zoology sources, describe prehensile tails and culinary uses, flag unverified aliases, and distinguish tails from fins, the human coccyx, tails of aircraft and comets, and plant names containing tail.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain tails, relay anatomy, evolution and functions across animals from zoology sources, describe prehensile tails and culinary uses, flag unverified aliases, and distinguish tails from fins, the human coccyx, tails of aircraft and comets, and plant names containing tail.
The flexible rear appendage of many animals, an extension of the body beyond the trunk, usually supported by caudal vertebrae in vertebrates, used for balance, locomotion, communication, defence and grasping, as in the prehensile tails of some monkeys and opossums, fish tails for propulsion and the tails of foxes, whose bushy tails are called brushes; the registry aliases also include food items such as eel, stockfish and crayfish tails, where the tail is the edible part of the animal, and asp tail and red fox tails, whose meanings could not be verified.
What it is for: Balance, movement, communication and defence in animals.
It can be explain anatomy and functions; relay evolution; describe named uses and forms; distinguish other senses.
Distinguishing features
Posterior appendage
Many functions
Caudal vertebrae
Diverse forms
What it looks like
A tapering extension at the rear of an animal s body, furred, scaled or finned.
Physical character
human vestige: coccyx note
lizard autotomy: tail shedding for defence note
prehensile tails: spider monkeys, opossums, some chameleons list
How it is recognised
Rear body appendage of animals
Eel tail, stockfish tail, red fox tails, prehensile tail, asp tail, crayfish tail
Fins are fish appendages that may include the caudal fin; the coccyx is a vestigial tail; aircraft and comet tails are other senses
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
includes -
is supported by - in vertebrates
is contrasted with -
In practice
Families and kinds
prehensile tails
caudal fins
bushy mammal tails
autotomous lizard tails
crustacean abdomens called tails in cooking
Standards and regulation
Animal welfare rules on tail docking
Food labelling for seafood products
Failure modes and hazards
Mixing culinary and anatomical senses
Welfare issues such as routine tail docking
Unverified aliases
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.tail-person
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a tail is.
Science.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a tail, and how does it differ from fins, the coccyx and tails of aircraft or comets? definition
- Is the question about animal biology, pets, food or another sense? boundary
Named
Named forms and uses.
Named
Named.
- What are prehensile tails and eel, stockfish and crayfish tails, and what might asp tail and red fox tails refer to? definition
- Which entry fits the specific item? action
Biology Biology.
Science.
Functions
Functions.
Functions
Functions.
- How do animals use tails for balance, swimming, signalling and defence? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Evolution
Evolution.
Evolution
Evolution.
- How did apes and humans lose external tails, as genetic studies suggest? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Welfare Animal welfare.
Regulation.
Docking
Tail docking.
Docking
Docking.
- How is tail docking of dogs and livestock regulated? provenance
- Which entry fits docking (dog)? action
Dogs
Dog tail signals.
Dogs
Dogs.
- What do tail positions communicate in dogs? provenance
- Which entry fits dog communication? action
Context Food and language.
Context.
Food
Culinary tails.
Food
Food.
- How are crayfish, eel and oxtail used in cooking? provenance
- Which entry fits oxtail? action
Language
Other senses.
Language
Language.
- How is tail used for aircraft, comets and statistics? provenance
- Which entry fits comet tail? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should culinary tails be separate entries?
- How should zoology sources be linked?
- The registry aliases asp tail and red fox tails could not be identified and should be reviewed