Akademik

rattail

noun

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

• Syn: ↑grenadier, ↑rattail fish

• Hypernyms: ↑gadoid, ↑gadoid fish

• Member Holonyms: ↑Macrouridae, ↑family Macrouridae, ↑Macruridae, ↑family Macruridae

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I. \\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun

Etymology: rat (I) + tail

: something suggestive of a rat's tail: as

a.

(1) : a horse's tail having little or no hair

(2) : a horse with such a tail

(3) : mule

b.

(1) also rattail fish or rattail grenadier : grenadier 2

(2) : chimaera II

c.

(1) : any of several plants (as a plantain or various grasses) having elongated terete spikes

(2) : any of several grasses having slender cylindrical flower spikes

II. adjective

: round, slender, and tapering : resembling a rat's tail

Useful english dictionary. 2012.