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1. The time of the last part of something
   "the tail end of this crisis-ridden century";
   - fag end [informal], tail
    
2. Any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
   - tail
    
3. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
   - buttocks, nates [technical], butt [N. Amer, informal], backside, bum [Brit, informal], buns [N. Amer, informal], can [N. Amer, informal], fundament, hindquarters, hind end, posterior, rear [informal], rear end [informal], rump, stern [informal], seat, tail [N. Amer, informal], tooshie [informal], tush [N. Amer, informal], bottom, behind, derriere, bahookie [UK, dialect, informal], botty [informal], heinie [US, informal], duff [N. Amer, informal], booty [N. Amer, informal], patootie [US, informal], tushy [N. Amer, informal], derrière

Derived forms: tail ends

Type of: body part, end, ending, projection

Part of: body, torso, trunk