Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rattail"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rat-tail \Rat"-tail`\, a.
Like a rat's tale in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is
round, slender, and tapering. See Illust. of {File}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rat-tail \Rat"-tail`\, n.
1. (Far.) pl. An excrescence growing from the pastern to the
middle of the shank of a horse.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The California chim[ae]ra. See {Chim[ae]ra}.
(b) Any fish of the genus {Macrurus}. See {Grenadier}, 2.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rattail
n : deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering
tail [syn: {grenadier}, {rattail fish}]
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