ringtail Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings
    cacomixle; bassarisk; coon cat; ring-tailed cat; civet cat; cacomistle; Bassariscus astutus; miner's cat; raccoon fox.
  2. noun North American raccoon
    Procyon lotor; common racoon; coon; common raccoon.
  3. noun monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl
    capuchin; Cebus capucinus.
  4. noun an immature golden eagle

WordNet

Ring"tail` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier.
  2. (Naut.) A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail.

Webster 1913