Foxtail
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A foxtail (or fox tail) can mean the tail of a fox, or:

Plants

• Acalypha hispida (Chenille Plant)
• Among grasses:
  • Alopecurus (foxtail grasses - the scientific name literally means "fox tail")
  • Hordeum jubatum (Foxtail Barley)
  • Setaria (foxtail millets)
  • The dry spikelets or spikelet clusters of foxtail and other grasses that can be hazardous for dogs and other domestic animals.
• Lycopodium clavatum (Foxtail Clubmoss)
• Wodyetia bifurcata (Foxtail Palm)

Other

• A type of woven jewellery chain made of three sets of interconnecting links.
• A decorative ornament commonly flown from the tip of automobile radio aerials, popular in the 1950s and 1960s.
• The trademarked name for a toy consisting of a rope tied to a ball, allowing it to be thrown like a sling. This toy name should not be confused with flying fox, which is an Australian English toy cablecar similar to a zip-line (also aerial runway).

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