RATTAIL

grenadier, rattail, rattail fish

(noun) deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

rattail (plural rattails)

Any of the large dark-colored deep-sea fish of the Macrouridae family of ray-finned fish.

A hairstyle characterized by a long lock of tail-like hair dangling from the back of the head.

Synonyms

• (ichthyology): grenadier, macrourid, whiptail

Hypernyms

• tail (structural)

Source: Wiktionary

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Rat"-tail`, a.

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

Rat"-tail`, n.

1. (Far.) pl.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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