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RATTAIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rattail mean?
• RATTAIL (noun)
The noun RATTAIL has 1 sense:
1. deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail
Familiarity information: RATTAIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
grenadier; rattail; rattail fish
Hypernyms ("rattail" is a kind of...):
gadoid; gadoid fish (a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae)
Holonyms ("rattail" is a member of...):
family Macrouridae; family Macruridae; Macrouridae; Macruridae (grenadiers)
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