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On this Twitter thing, at least five people a day say 'bring back the mullet.' My wife told me I'm not allowed. Troy Tulowitzki wants me to grow a rat-tail for his charity. I was like, 'What the heck is a rat-tail?'
John Kruk

Meaning of "rat-tail" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RAT-TAIL

rat-tail play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RAT-TAIL

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determiner
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Rat-Tail is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RAT-TAIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

rat-tail

Grenadiers (fish)

Grenadiers or rattails are generally large, brown to black gadiform marine fish of the family Macrouridae. Found at great depths from the Arctic to Antarctic, members of this family were amongst the most abundant of the deep-sea fish. The Macrouridae are a large and diverse family with some 34 genera and 383 species recognized. They range in length from about 10 cm in the graceful grenadier to 1.5 m in the giant grenadier, Albatrossia pectoralis. An important commercial fishery exists for the larger species, such as the giant grenadier and roundnose grenadier, Coryphaenoides rupestris. The family as a whole may represent up to 15% of the deep-sea fish population. Typified by large heads with large mouths and eyes, grenadiers have slender bodies that taper greatly to very thin caudal peduncles or tails: this rat-like tail explains the common name 'rattail' and the family name Macrouridae, from the Greek makros meaning "great" and oura meaning "tail". The first dorsal fin is small, high, and pointed; the second dorsal fin runs along the rest of the back and merges with the tail and extensive anal fin.

Definition of rat-tail in the English dictionary

The first definition of rat-tail in the dictionary is a horse's tail that has no hairs. Other definition of rat-tail is a horse having such a tail. Rat-Tail is also a style of spoon in which the line of the handle is prolonged in a tapering moulding along the back of the bowl.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RAT-TAIL

rat trap
rat-a-tat
rat-a-tat-tat
rat-arsed
rat-catcher
rat-catching
rat-infested
rat-run
rat-runner
rat-running
rat-tat
rat-tat-tat
rat-trap
rata
ratability
ratable
ratable value
ratableness
ratably
ratafee

WORDS THAT END LIKE RAT-TAIL

cat-tail
cat´s-tail
coat-tail
cocktail
crested dog´s-tail
detail
dog´s-tail
e-tail
entail
fishtail
go into detail
in detail
mare´s-tail
nose to tail
pigtail
ponytail
racket-tail
retail
shirt-tail
tail

Synonyms and antonyms of rat-tail in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rat-tail» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RAT-TAIL

Find out the translation of rat-tail to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rat-tail from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rat-tail» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

鼠尾
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cola de rata
570 millions of speakers

English

rat-tail
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चूहे की पूंछ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجرذان ذيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

крысы хвост
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rat -tail
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইঁদুর-লেজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

queue de rat
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tikus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rattenschwanz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ソコダラ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

쥐 꼬리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tikus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chuột đuôi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எலி-வால்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उंदरापुरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sıçan kuyruk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

coda di topo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ogon szczura
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пацюки хвіст
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rat -tail
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Rat- ουρά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rat- stert
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rat- tail
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rat -tail
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rat-tail

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RAT-TAIL»

The term «rat-tail» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.219 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rat-tail

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QUOTES WITH «RAT-TAIL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rat-tail.
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John Kruk
On this Twitter thing, at least five people a day say 'bring back the mullet.' My wife told me I'm not allowed. Troy Tulowitzki wants me to grow a rat-tail for his charity. I was like, 'What the heck is a rat-tail?'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAT-TAIL»

Discover the use of rat-tail in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rat-tail and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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As Much as a Rat's Tail: An Irreverent Look at Language ...
This is the Korean not covered in the language books, full of color and infused with philosophy.
Peter/ Nicholas Liptak, Siwoo Lee, Si Woo Lee, 2010
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Collagen: Structure and Mechanics
A value of between 7 and 8GPa for the elastic modulus of the collagen molecule ( Silver et al., 2001c) has been found for rat tail tendon. Collagen fibril lengths calculated from the viscous stress and hydrodynamic theory (Silver, 2006) range  ...
Peter Fratzl, 2008
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A Guide to Artifacts of Colonial America
The "Puritan" bowl was retained, though deepened, and the junction with stem and bowl was reinforced with a spinal rib which extended down the back of the latter and was known as a rat tail, thus giving this class of spoon its generic name .
Ivor Noël Hume, 1969
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Drug Discovery and Evaluation: Pharmacological Assays
Abbott and Franklin (1986) used two forms of the rat tail flick test: In the restrained form of the test rats were placed in wire restraining tubes from 10min before drug injection till the end of the test. In the unrestrained form of the test rats were left ...
Hans Vogel, 2008
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Culturing Nerve Cells
Box 6.1 Preparation and Application of Collagen A. Preparation of Rat Tail Collagen Stock Collagen stock is prepared from adult rat tails by modifications of the procedure of Bornstein (1958). The tails (freshly collected or stored until use at ...
Gary Banker, Kimberly Goslin, 1998
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New Scientist
... cuff placed around the tail. At Cambridge, we have used a paper-clip to apply mild pressure to the tail, and we too have seen eating in the majority of the rats tested. Many readers will be wondering what precise connection a rat's tail has ...
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Annals and Magazine of Natural History
have myself seen distinctly on more than one occasion, in their combats, the fang of the Rat-tail enter into the body or head of the Clibro, and bring blood from the spot, while the Clibro has taken no more notice of it than to get the head of the ...
‎1850
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Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
It may not be uninteresting to describe here a fight which I witnessed some months since between a large Clibro and Rat-tail, the latter being nearly half as thick again as the former, but not so long; they were each however upwards of four feet ...
‎1849
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Epithelial Cell Culture Protocols
Type I rat tail tendon collagen (32,33). We prepare our own Type 1 collagen from tendons that we dissect from the tails of Fischer 344 male rats, as referenced previously (32,33). Type I collagen can also be commercially obtained from ...
Clare Wise, 2002
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Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Radiology: Imaging and Intervention
Carcinoma of the pancreatic head can cause an irregular, abrupt, or rat-tail stricture of the CBD (Fig. 7-21). It is frequently necessary to turn the patient from the normal prone position of ERCP to supine to fill the entire pancreatic duct. Failure to ...
G. Scott Gazelle, Sanjay Saini, Peter R. Mueller, 1998

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAT-TAIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rat-tail is used in the context of the following news items.
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Is the rat-tail, the worst men's hairstyle ever, making a comeback?
Some twentysomething years since it fleetingly graced his scalp in an Only Fools and Horses episode, the abominable 'rat-tail' hairstyle made infamous by Del ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
2
Men's hair: is Shia LaBeouf's rat-tail the start of a revival?
Hello the rat-tail, as seen on Shia LaBeouf in Los Angeles, New York and last weekend's SXSW festival. It caused onlookers to balk, and pest control company ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
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Is Rodrigo Palacio's off-centre rat-tail the worst haircut in World Cup …
The rat-tail cut, usually favoured by the likes of Euro metalheads, Australian 'bogans' and penalty missing Italian forwards, ranks alongside the mullet as one of ... «Daily Mail, Jul 14»
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Is A Ferret's Hair Loss From Adrenal Gland Disease Or Rat-Tail?
Does this sound more like rat-tail or adrenal gland disease, given that she has no other symptoms. What is the treatment? A: Unfortunately, from your description, ... «SmallAnimalChannel.com, Dec 09»

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