Bucktail

/ˈbʌkˌteɪl/ noun

A fishing lure made with the tail hair of a male deer, or a type of artificial fly tied with such hair.

From 'buck' (male deer) and 'tail' (the hair from a deer's tail). This fishing term became standard in American angling vocabulary in the 1800s as commercial lure-making developed.

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