fat tail

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Synonyms: rat tail, cat tail, fantail, rattail, cattail, rat-tail, cart tail, fee tail, fan mail, cats tail, boat tail

Antonyms: rat tail, cat tail, fantail, rattail, cattail, rat-tail, cart tail, fee tail, fan mail, cats tail, boat tail

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Noun

1. A [[mass]] of [[fat]] [[store]]d in the [[rump]] of a [[beast]] as an [[adaptation]] to [[heat]] and [[harsh]] [[environmental]] [[condition]]s or [[selection]] by [[man]].
2. The relatively high probability of a relatively extreme outcome.
3. {{lb|en|statistics|probability}} A tail of a [[probability distribution]] with significantly higher [[kurtosis]] than a [[normal distribution]] (which has kurtosis = 0).
4. {{lb|en|statistics|probability}} A tail of a probability distribution with infinite [[variance]].

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