"Culvertailed" is a compound word combining "culvert" and "tailed," referring to something with a tail like that of a culvert. The phonetic transcription of this word is /ˌkʌlvərteɪld/, which breaks down into the stress syllable "kʌl" (the first syllable of "culvert"), "vər" (the second syllable of "culvert"), "teɪl" (the stressed syllable of "tailed"), and "-d" (the final consonant sound). The spelling of "Culvertailed" demonstrates the scientific and descriptive approach to naming that occurs in fields such as biology and zoology.