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rattail |
3 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: rattail n : deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail [syn: {grenadier}, {rattail fish}]
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