rat-tailed adjective. ['ratteɪld] L17.
[from RAT-TAIL + -ED².]
Having a rat-tail.
rat-tailed maggot the aquatic larva of a drone-fly of the genus Eristalis, which has a long slender respiratory organ resembling a tail with which it breathes air at the surface of stagnant water. rat-tailed radish an Asian radish, Raphanus caudatus, cultivated for its long edible fruit.

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