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scut

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scut 1  (skt)
n.
A stubby erect tail, as that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
[Middle English, hare.]
scut 2  (skt)
n. Informal
Routine or tedious work often viewed as menial.
[Short for scutwork.]
scut
Noun
the short tail of animals such as the deer and rabbit [probably from Old Norse]
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Noun1.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


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Again the beautiful Erza reached him, but when close to the hare's scut paused as if measuring the distance, so as not to make a mistake this time but seize his hind leg.
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