Found 1 items, similar to rat-tail.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Rat-tail 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. [1913 Webster] Rat-tail \Rat"-tail`\, n. 1. (Far.) pl. An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The California chim[ae]ra. See Chim[ae]ra. (b) Any fish of the genus Macrurus. See Grenadier, 2. [1913 Webster]