different between elongate vs streamertail

English

Etymology

New Latin elongare, a combination of ex- (“out”) +? longus (“long”). Doublet of eloign.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.?l??.??e?t/

Verb

elongate (third-person singular simple present elongates, present participle elongating, simple past and past participle elongated)

1. (transitive) To make long or longer by pulling and stretching; to make elongated.

   Synonyms: extend, stretch
2. (intransitive) To become long or longer by being pulled or stretched; to become elongated.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To move to or place at a distance (from something).
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To depart to, or be at, a distance (from something); especially, to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.

Related terms

• elongation

Translations

Adjective

elongate (comparative more elongate, superlative most elongate)

1. Lengthened, extended, elongated; relatively long and slender.

Derived terms

• elongate carpet shark
• elongate glassy perchlet
• elongate bitterling
• elongately

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Eagleton

Latin

Verb

?long?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ?long?

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

streamer +? tail

Noun

streamertail (plural streamertails)

1. Any of various hummingbirds of the genus Trochilus, endemic to Jamaica, with greatly elongated rectrices in the males.