Ratfish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A fish (Hydrolagus collei) of Pacific waters, having a long narrow tail.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A Pacific fish, Hydrolagus collei, that has a long rat-like tail
  • n. A chimaera
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Same as rat-tail.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A selachian fish, the Chimæra colliæi.
    • Word Usage
    "After the albino ratfish was caught the researchers attempted to keep her alive in a bucket of water but, in spite of boards placed over the top, she managed to flip out of the bucket onto the deck during the night."
    Variant
    rat-tail   
     
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