bobtail in the PONS Dictionary

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Bobtail lizards are around 12 inches in length and considered heavy for their size.
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A bobtail squid, shown, is among the cephalopods whose numbers are growing.
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The bobtail squid stays alive because it attracts and keeps a specific kind of bacteria.
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Ana is a bobtail mix who will make one lucky person an excellent companion.
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The bobtail and swordtip squid are distantly related species, and one of five genera known to have bioluminescent organs called photophores, which contain light-emitting bacteria.
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The most common coat colors are in red, to grey, to bobtail stripes.
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Bobtail squid tend to have a rounder mantle than cuttlefish and have no cuttlebone.
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The center units were therefore shortened by removing the cab, the pilot truck and the frame extension; these were nicknamed bobtails.
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In the bobtail's case, the bacteria produces the enzyme luciferas.
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In return, the light produced by the bacteria actually helps hide a bobtail squid from its own predators thanks to a strategy known as counter-illumination.
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