n.someone or something that is impressive, remarkable, energetic,
vigorous, powerful, etc. Ringtailed means
having a tail
marked with rings and snorter means something extraordinarily remarkable for its size,
severity, etc., or especially violent, powerful or difficult, as in "a real snorter of a storm." This expression perhaps comes from the name of a fierce
wildcat inhabiting the Western United
States, who has characteristic rings of differing colors on its tail, or from the raccoon skin
caps, with ringed tails attached, which used to be worn in frontier areas.