My first half yields soft breathable fiber gathered from sunny fields to make your socks, and my second half wags behind a puppy, but united I name the Easter bunny's powdery rear. What am I?
Cottontail
Cotton (the textile plant) plus tail (the animal appendage) makes 'cottontail', the defining mark of wild rabbits.
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