dragon's tail

See also: Dragon's Tail

English

Noun

dragon's tail (countable and uncountable, plural dragon's tails)

1. (countable) A thermistor that is towed behind a ship to measure the ocean's temperature.
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (heraldry) The sanguine (or murrey) tincture, when blazoning is done by the heavenly bodies.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dragon,‎ tail.

References

• (thermistor): 1966, U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, Glossary of Oceanographic Terms (page 51)

See also

• tickle the dragon's tail

Anagrams

• dragontails