RAT-TAIL (2)

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Rat″–tail′, n. 1. 1. (Far.) pl. An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.
2. 2. (Zoöl.) (a) The California chimæra. See Chimæra. (b) Any fish of the genus Macrurus. See Grenadier, 2.