RATTAILS

Noun

rattails

plural of rattail

Anagrams

• altarist, striatal

Source: Wiktionary


RATTAIL

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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