Home › Words › G › globetailglobetailglobetail · noun — any of the hoverflies of the genus Sphaerophoria, having large hemispherical male terminalia.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, globetail ranks #15,174 of 43,295 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom globe + tail.nounAny of the hoverflies of the genus Sphaerophoria, having large hemispherical male terminalia.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).