rattail
Any of the large dark-colored deep-sea fish of the Macrouridae family of ray-finned fishAny of the large dark-colored deep-sea fish of the Macrouridae family of ray-finned fish.
Meaning
7 sensesAny of the large dark-colored deep-sea fish of the Macrouridae family of ray-finned fish.
deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail
A fish, a California chimera (Hydrolagus colliei, syn. Chimaera colliei).
Rattenschwanz, Grenadierfische
макру́русmakrúrus
A hairstyle characterized by a long lock of tail-like hair dangling from the back of the head; the dangling lock itself.
Rattenschwanz
A type of file (cutting tool) with a round cross section and usually also a taper toward the distal end.
(slang)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.
The flowering plant Stachytarpheta cayennensis.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From rat + tail: all of the nonliteral senses come from something else's fancied resemblanFrom rat + tail: all of the nonliteral senses come from something else's fancied resemblance to the tail of a rat.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: rattailsSynonyms
5 synonyms- deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail:grenadierrattail fish