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Definition of Rattail
1. Noun. Deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail.
Generic synonyms: Gadoid, Gadoid Fish
Group relationships: Family Macrouridae, Family Macruridae, Macrouridae, Macruridae
Definition of Rattail
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. An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.
Definition of Rattail
1. Noun. Any of the large dark-colored deep-sea fish of the ''Macrouridae'' family of ray-finned fish. ¹
2. Noun. A hairstyle characterized by a long lock of tail-like hair dangling from the back of the head. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rattail
1. a marine fish [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rattail
Literary usage of Rattail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The how and why of Radio Apparatus: A Treatise on the Principles Underlying by Harry Winfield Secor (1920)
"Good Radio Engineering practice calls for rattail leads brought down from each
strand of the aerial to be of equal cross-sectional area to the aerial ..."
2. The Boys of Columbia High on the Ice, Or, Out for the Hockey Championship by Graham B. Forbes (1911)
"CHAPTER XXI THE CAMPFIRE ON rattail ISLAND "Give us a hand, Frank. Honest, now,
I'm that stiff I can't get up myself," and Lanky, after making several ..."
3. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1879)
"The cockspur or rattail burner is the simplest possible form of gas jet, and it
was at one time the only one used for burning gas. ..."
4. The Mount Vernon Street Warrens: A Boston Story, 1860-1910 by Martin Burgess Green (1880)
"Over the table hung a brass chandelier, dated 1748, for fourteen candles; there
were rattail forks and spoons, and Capo da Monte dessert dishes. ..."
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