RATTAIL
grenadier, rattail, rattail fish
(noun) deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
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