queue
Definitions of queue
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a short or shortened tail of certain animals
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any projection that resembles the tail of an animaltype of:saillieany solid convex shape that juts out from something
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a line of people or vehicles waiting for somethingtype of:filea formation of people or things one behind another
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the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the bodytype of:excroissance, proéminencea natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
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a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tailsynonyms: queue de cheval
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