What is "ninetails"

Ninetails may refer to:

• Ninetales, a nine-tailed fox in the Pokémon series.
• Cat o' nine tails, a nine-tailed whip. Ninetails is an old Navy term for the nine-tailed whip used by ship captains on insubordinate sailors.
• Typha latifolia, a perennial herbaceous plant sometimes known as Cat-o'-nine-tails.
• Ninetails, a main boss from the game Ōkami
• Ninetails, a three-piece avant-pop ensemble from Liverpool.