| rat-tail | 1. <veterinary> An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse. 2. <zoology> The California chimaera. See Chimaera. Any fish of the genus Macrurus. See Grenadier. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| rat-tailed | <zoology> Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat. <zoology> Rat-tailed larva, the musk shrew. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |