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Rat tail

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rat snakenounAny of many medium to large colubrid constrictors of a kind found through a great portion of the Northern Hemisphere, primarily feeding on rodents and birds.
rat trapnounAlternative form of rattrap. [A device (trap) used to catch rats.]
ratlinnoun(nautical) Alternative form of ratline. [(nautical, uncountable) The rope or similar material used to make cross-ropes on a ship.]
ratchetnounA ratchet wrench.
tailsnounThe side of a coin that doesn't bear the picture of the head of state or similar.
black ratnounA common species of rat, Rattus rattus, originating anciently in Asia but now distributed worldwide.
rattailnounA hairstyle characterized by a long lock of tail-like hair dangling from the back of the head; the dangling lock itself.
ratfishnounA fish of any of the species in family Chimaeridae.
ratlikenounSimilar to a rat, or an aspect of a rat—in behavioral terms: cunning, disloyal, or cowardly; in physical terms: simply resembling those of a rat.
ratinenounAlternative form of ratteen. [(archaic) A thick, coarse, woolen twill.]
white rat
ratalnounA traditional Maltese unit of weight, officially 1.75 imperial pounds (0.794 kg), now widely metrified informally to mean 800 grammes.
redtailnounThe red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis.
ratlinenoun(historical, often in the plural) A system of escape routes for Nazis and other fascists fleeing Europe in the aftermath of World War II.
ringtailnounA ring-tailed animal, notably:
ratcatchernounOne who catches rats; particularly one who does so professionally.
fishtailnounThe tail of a fish, or an object resembling this.
rodentnounA mammal of the order Rodentia, characterized by long incisors that grow continuously and are worn down by gnawing.
tail feathernounAlternative spelling of tailfeather [Any of the feathers of a bird's tail.]
ratitenounA member of a diverse group of mostly large, running, flightless birds that lack keels on their sternums, mostly extinct such as the elephant bird and moa, but including the extant cassowaries, emu, kiwi, ostrich, and rhea; formerly grouped together in the order Struthioniformes, and including the Paleognathae except the tinamous.

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