rattail

4 definitions found

rattail - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rat-tail \Rat"-tail`\ (r[a^]t"t[=a]l`), a.
     Like a rat's tail in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is
     round, slender, and tapering. See Illust. of File.
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  Rat-tail \Rat"-tail`\, n.
     1. (Far.) pl. An excrescence growing from the pastern to the
        middle of the shank of a horse.
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     2. (Zool.)
        (a) The California chimaera. See Chimaera.
        (b) Any fish of the genus Macrurus. See Grenadier, 2.
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rattail - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  rattail
      n 1: deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering
           tail [syn: grenadier, rattail, rattail fish]

rattail - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "rattail":
     braid, brush, bun, cauda, caudal appendage, caudation, chignon,
     coil, cue, dock, fantail, knot, pigtail, plait, queue, stub, tail,
     tailpiece, topknot, twist