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Rat-tail
Pronunciation : Rat"-tail`
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Like a rat's tale in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is round, slender, and tapering. See Illust. of File.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Rat"-tail`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. (Far.) pl.
Defn: An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.
2. (Zo?l.) (a) The California chim?ra. See Chim?ra. (b) Any fish of the genus Macrurus. See Grenadier, 2.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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