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Rat-Tail
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) Like a rat's tail in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is round, slender, and tapering. See Illust. of File.
(2):
(n.) The California chimaera. See Chimaera.
(3):
(n.) Any fish of the genus Macrurus. See Grenadier, 2.
(4):
(n.) An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rat-Tail'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/rat-tail.html. 1828.