rat-tail Meaning, Definition & Usage

Rat"-tail` adjective

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1. Like a rat's tale in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is round, slender, and tapering. See Illust. of File.

Rat"-tail` noun

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1. (Far.) pl. An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) The California chimæra. See Chimæra. (b) Any fish of the genus Macrurus. See Grenadier, 2.