Usually means: Thin, elongated tail of rodents.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. rat-tail: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. rat-tail: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. rat-tail, rat-tail: Collins English Dictionary
  4. rat-tail: Wordnik
  5. rat-tail: Wiktionary
  6. rat-tail: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. rat-tail: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Rat-tail, rat-tail: Dictionary.com
  9. Rat-tail: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. rat-tail: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Rat-tail: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. rat-tail: FreeDictionary.org
  13. rat-tail: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. rat-tail: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Rat-tail)

▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of rattail. [Any of the large dark-colored deep-sea fish of the Macrouridae family of ray-finned fish.]

Similar:
rat-tail splice, roller towel, roller, raddle, ruffle, rattleback, flake, twisty tie, twill tape, line tub, more...

Opposite:
bobtail, docked tail, short tail

Types:
braid, pigtail, plait, more...

Phrases:
rat-tail file, rat-tail splice, more...

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Similar:
rat-tail splice, roller towel, roller, raddle, ruffle, rattleback, flake, twisty tie, twill tape, line tub, more...

Opposite:
bobtail, docked tail, short tail

Types:
braid, pigtail, plait, more...

Phrases:
rat-tail file, rat-tail splice, more...



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