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rat-tail
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rat-tail, a.
Like a rat's tail in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is round, slender, and tapering. See Illust. of File. [1913 Webster]
rat-tail, n.
- An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse. [1913 Webster]
- The California chimæra. See Chimæra. [1913 Webster]
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