Rat Tail

What do we mean by rat tail?

A long, thin length of hair that hangs down the nape of the neck, usually when the rest of the hair is cut short. noun

Shaped like or having a part shaped like a rat's tail. adjective

A fish of the genus Macrurus, as M. fabricii or M. rupestris; the onion-fish or grenadier. See cut under Macrurus. noun

A horse which has a tail bare or nearly bared of hair. noun

One of various plants having tail-like flower-spikes, as the common plantain and the ribwort plantain, and various grasses, including species of Rottbœllia in the United States and Ischæmum laxum (Andropogon nervosus) in Australia. noun

In farriery: noun

An excrescence on a horse's leg, growing from the pastern to the shank. noun

A disease which causes the hair of a horse's tail to fall off; also, a horse's tail thus denuded of hair. Also rat's-tail. noun

Same as rat-tailed.

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

The California chimæra. See Chimæra. noun

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

Like a rat's tail in form. See Illust. of file. adjective

A towel that has been tightly twisted along the diagonal to make a rudimentary whip with a towel corner at the tip, typically used in juvenile pranks. noun

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

A fish, the California chimera, Hydrolagus colliei, syn. Chimaera colliei. noun

Any fish of the genus Macrurus; a grenadier. noun

Deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail noun

A towel that has been tightly twisted along the diagonal to make a rudimentary whip with a towel corner at the tip, typically used in juvenile pranks.

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

A fish, the California chimera, Hydrolagus colliei, syn. Chimaera colliei.

Any fish of the genus Macrourus; a grenadier.

Words that rhyme with rat tail:
cat-tail.

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