scut

scut ¹  (skt)

n.

A stubby erect tail, as that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.

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[Middle English, hare.]

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scut ²  (skt)

n. Informal

Routine or tedious work often viewed as menial.

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[Short for scutwork.]

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scut [skʌt]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the short tail of animals such as the deer and rabbit

[probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse skutr end of a vessel, Icelandic skott tail]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

scut - a short erect tail tail - the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body rabbit, cony, coney - any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food cervid, deer - distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers

Translations

scut [skʌt] N → rabito m (esp de conejo)

scut

n → Stummelschwanz m; (of rabbit also) → Blume f (Hunt); (of deer also) → Wedel m (Hunt)