bucktail

English

Etymology

From buck +‎ tail.

Noun

bucktail (plural bucktails)

1. The tail of a deer, traditionally used as a fishing lure.
   • 2007 June 23, Norm Zeigler, “The Low-Profile Westport River Offers a High Yield of Fish”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Chris used a spinning rod with a green-and-white bucktail jig while I cast a chartreuse Angel Hair and white-bucktail Clouser minnow with my 8-weight fly rod.