ring-tailed

[ ring-teyld ]

/ ˈrɪŋˌteɪld /

having the tail ringed with alternating colors, as a raccoon.

having a coiled tail.

Also ringtail.

Origin of ring-tailed

First recorded in 1715–25

On the last day of the year 1857 I obtained some polycephalous hydatids (Cnurus lemuris) from a ring-tailed lemur.

Parasites |T. Spencer Cobbold
This was the great country of the frogs—the milk-and-honey country to the ring-tailed family in the hollow gum.

Roof and Meadow |Dallas Lore Sharp
"That appeals ter me as a ring-tailed roarer of a good idee," announced Buck Bradley, when he had finished.

The Border Boys Across the Frontier |Fremont B. Deering
I guess ol' Dan's the idee, if you can drive him; he's a ring-tailed snorter.

Wayside Courtships |Hamlin Garland

Why strain himself keeping up with that ring-tailed kangaroo rat who skipped on and on without rest?

Dust of the Desert |Robert Welles Ritchie

ring-tailed

(of an animal) having a tail marked with rings of a distinctive colour