Meaning Of 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.

n.

An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.

n.

The California chimaera. See Chimaera.

n.

Any fish of the genus Macrurus. See Grenadier, 2.