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Rat-tail

Rat′-tailˊ

(răt′tālˊ)

,

Adj.

Like a rat’s tail in form;

as, a

rat-tail

file, which is round, slender, and tapering

. See Illust. of

.

Rat′-tailˊ

,

Noun.

1.

(Far.)

pl.

An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.

2.

(Zool.)

(a)

The California chimaera. See

.

(b)

Any fish of the genus

Macrurus

. See

, 2.