rattail

Other forms: rattails

Definitions of rattail
  1. noun
    deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail
    synonyms: grenadier, rattail fish
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    type of:
    gadoid, gadoid fish
    a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae
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