- 1. a. Like a rat's tail in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is round, slender, and tapering. See Illust. of File. Source: opted
- 2. n. An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse. Source: opted
- 3. n. The California chimaera. See Chimaera. Source: opted
- 4. n. Any fish of the genus Macrurus. See Grenadier, 2. Source: opted
- 5. Like a rat's tale in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is round, slender, and tapering. See Illust. of File. 1. (Far.) pl. 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
- 6. Like a rat's tale in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is round,slender, and tapering. See Illust. of File. Source: adambom
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