Collocations for tail - noun

long, short
bushy, curly, forked, pointed
muscular, prehensile

flick, swish, thrash, wag
The dog wagged its tail furiously.

chase
My dog loves to chase his tail.

dock
It used to be fashionable to dock horses' tails.

swish, twitch, wag, wave
The dog ran out with its tail wagging madly.

bone (usually tailbone)
feathers, fin

the tip of its/his/her tail
It was black from its nose to the tip of its tail.

section
The plane's tail section had broken off.

fin, light

at the tail
the truck at the tail of our convoy

nose to tail
Traffic which used to be nose to tail now flows freely.