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rattail

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹæt.teɪl/Part of speech nounSorted aailrttStarts with REnds with L0 clues
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Definitions

  1. deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail

Word origin

From rat + tail: all of the nonliteral senses come from something else's fancied resemblance to the tail of a rat.

Used in a sentence

  • In the North Atlantic, Russians pioneered the harvesting of rattails, a ubiquitous deep fish with big eyes and a long tail that swishes back and forth in a sinuous motion.

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