Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Rat-tailed

Rat-tailed (rat"tāld`) , adjective

(Zoology) Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat.
Collocations (3)
Rat-tailed larva (Zoology) , the larva of a fly of the genus Eristalis. See Eristalis.
Rat-tailed serpent (Zoology) , the fer-de-lance.
Rat-tailed shrew (Zoology) , the musk shrew.