cat-tail

British  

noun

1. another word for bulrush

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Example Sentences

Redlands business Precious Creature initially only offered full-body taxidermy of pets until customers started suggesting other ideas, such as lockets containing patches of fur and cat-tail necklaces.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025

A rather decrepit looking black fly was doddering about a cat-tail stalk at the edge of the pond.

From The Shepherd of the North by Maher, Richard Aumerle

But one nest was all they could find—a ball of grasses fastened between two cat-tail flags.

From Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners by Fuertes, Louis Agassiz

When the Oldest Dragon-Fly Nymph felt that the wings under her skin were large enough, she said good-bye to her water friends, and crawled slowly up the stem of a tall cat-tail.

From Among the Pond People by Pierson, Clara Dillingham

And he, being determined to give the elder no time, answered truly and fearlessly, "I can only be slain by the stroke of a cat-tail or bulrush."

From Algonquin Legends of New England by Leland, Charles Godfrey