RAT-TAIL

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

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

2.
n.

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

3.
n.

The California chimæra. See Chimæra.

4.
n.

Any fish of the genus Macrurus. See Grenadier, 2.


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