rat-tail

US: (rat′tāl′)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

rat-tail  (rat′tāl′), n. 

1. Fish grenadier (def. 4).

Also, rat′tail′. 

• 1695–1705

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

rat-tail noun

1. another name for grenadier2
2. a horse's tail that has no hairs
3. a horse having such a tail
4. a style of spoon in which the line of the handle is prolonged in a tapering moulding along the back of the bowl