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Meaning of 'rat-tail' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Rat-tail [ a.]
- Like a rat's tail in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is round, slender, and tapering. See Illust. of File.
2 . Rat-tail [ n.]
- An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.
- The California chimaera. See Chimaera.
- Any fish of the genus Macrurus. See Grenadier, 2.

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