rat-tailedadj.

Brit.

/ˈratteɪld/, U.S.

/ˈrætˌteɪld/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rat n.¹, tailed adj.¹

Etymology: < rat n.¹ + tailed adj.¹ In later use probably after rat-tail n.

a. Having a tail like that of a rat; (in early use esp. of a horse) having a rat-tail (rat-tail n. 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having particular type of tail

docked1408

stug-tailed1575

curtal1576

curtailed1591

bushya1609

bobbed1658

undocked1677

flisk1680

rat-tailed1684

strunted1688

bob1709

cocktailed1763

switched1769

cocked1775

nick-tailed1840

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > rump and tail > [adjective] > relating to the tail > having a tail > having tail like rat

rat-tailed1845

1684 London Gaz. No. 1950/4 A Black Nag,..Mareheaded, and Rat-tailed.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Rat-tailed, a horse is thus called that has no hair upon his tail.

1788 Lounger (ed. 4) II. 177 Their carriage was stopped on the street by a drove of cattle, and one of them gored the rat-tailed horse behind.

1828 Sporting Mag. 22 231 A lean, rat-tailed mare.

1845 W. Youatt Dog 31 He selected a bull-dog, one of the smooth rat-tailed species.

1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Jan. 6/2 The miserable little rat-tailed, greyhound beasts that furnish what is called mutton in this country.

1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind xxx. 503 A rat-tailed nag.

1989 Conservation Biol. 3 315/2 Having rat-tailed sheep may be a cost-effective alternative to docking.

2000 Seattle Weekly (Nexis) 27 July ‘It's a disgusting animal,’ he says of the rat-tailed nocturnal creature [sc. a possum].

b. Designating the aquatic larva of the drone fly ( Eristalis tenax), which has a tail-like telescopic breathing tube that enables it to breathe air while submerged. Usually in rat-tailed maggot, rat-tailed larva.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Cyclorrhapha > family Syrphidae > member of > resembling bee or eristalis tenax > larva of

rat-tailed maggot1753

rat-tailed larva1836–9

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Rat-tailed worms, in natural history, a species of fly-worms, with long tails, resembling those of rats.

1768 J. Arscott Let. in T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (1769) III. App. 327 Blowing flies and humble bees that come from the rat-tailed maggot.

1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 874/1 The rat-tailed larva of Eristalis tenax.

1869 Amer. Naturalist 2 593 The singular rat-tailed pupa-case of Eristalis.

1895 L. C. Miall Nat. Hist. Aquatic Insects ii. 198 The Rat-tailed Maggot, a common inhabitant of stagnant pools.

1953 H. Mellanby Animal Life in Fresh Water (ed. 5) viii. 118 Pupae may also be found floating passively on the water surface (as in the rat-tailed larva, Eristalis).

1993 M. Chinery Insects Brit. & N. Europe (ed. 3) 201 Best known..is the larva of the Drone-fly, which has a telescopic breathing tube and is known as the rat-tailed maggot.

a. Esp. of a spoon: having a tail-like prolongation of the handle along the back of the bowl; that has a rat-tail (rat-tail n. 3d).

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the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [adjective] > relating to type or pattern of cutlery > specific spoon

slipped1618

fiddle-patterned1842

rat-tailed1870

trifid1892

1870 Times 22 Feb. 12/2 Service of plate..consisting of 20 dozen old three-pronged forks, rat-tailed spoons [etc.].

1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel III. 21 The slender little rat-tailed spoons.

1933 Burlington Mag. Feb. p. vii/1 (advt.) Old English silver,..including a collection of Queen Anne and George I three-pronged forks and rat-tailed spoons.

1990 Country Life 24 May 131/1 A set of four spoons of about 1715, rat-tailed, which is rare in Maltese silver.

b. Of a comb: that has a long, tapering handle at one end. Cf. rat-tail comb n. at rat-tail n. Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1955 Waukesha (Wisconsin) Daily Freeman 13 Apr. 4/3 Then, with the prop in place, brush wet hair snugly down against the roll, and work ends just barely under with a rat-tailed comb.

1973 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 15 July 1/3 It turned out to be an ordinary, black rat-tailed comb.

1988 Feminist Stud. 14 330 Big Mama's baby sister would..fluff it out carefully with the end of her rat-tailed comb.

2004 Short Easy Hairstyles Sept. 32/1 (caption) Use a rat-tailed comb to create that jagged part.

Compounds

C1. In the names of certain animals.

† rat-tailed rat-kangaroo n. Obsolete rare the long-nosed potoroo, Potorous tridactylus.

ΚΠ

1846 G. R. Waterhouse Nat. Hist. Mammalia Index Rat-tailed Rat-Kangaroo.

rat-tailed larva n. see sense 1b.

rat-tailed maggot n. see sense 1b.

† rat-tailed serpent n. Obsolete rare a fer-de-lance (genus Bothrops); cf. rat-tailed snake n.

ΚΠ

1883 List Vertebrated Animals Gardens Zool. Soc. (ed. 8) 624 Trigonocephalus lanceolatus, Oppel. Rat-tailed Serpent. Hab[itat], St. Lucia, West Indies.

1890 Cent. Dict. Rat-tailed serpent, Bothrops lanceolatus, a very venomous American pit-viper.

† rat-tailed shrew n. Obsolete the musk shrew or house shrew, Suncus murinus, of South Asia.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Microtidae > genus Ondatra (musk-rat)

water rat1481

rat1584

mussascus1612

muskrat1615

musquash1616

squash1678

Muscovy rat1693

musk beaver1771

Ondatra1774

rat-tailed shrew1827

mushrat1842

beaver-rat1884

musky1884

1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom II. 184 The Rat-tailed Shrew (Sorex Myosurus) bears a considerable resemblance to the preceding [sc. the Cape Shrew].

1862 New Amer. Cycl. XIV. 614/2 The rat-tailed shrew (S. myosurus, Pall.) from India, is nearly as large as the brown rat, and of a dark brown color; it diffuses a very powerful odor of musk.

1884 Cassell's Nat. Hist. I. 378 The Rat-tailed Shrew. Among a number of Indian species..we may notice one which seems to be widely distributed in the East..under the name of the Musk Shrew, or Musk Rat.

† rat-tailed snake n. Caribbean Obsolete a fer de lance, esp. Bothrops caribbaeus of St Lucia.

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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > subfamily Crotalinae > genus Trimeresurus > fer-de-lance

labaria1825

javelin-snake1835

rat-tailed snake1854

lance-head1859

fer-de-lance1880

lance-snake1880

1854 J. Davy W. Indies 273 [St Lucia] possesses besides several kinds of harmless snakes, one that is poisonous, the rat-tailed snake.

1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. ii. 75 We were..anxious to obtain at St. Lucia specimens of that abominable reptile, the Fer-de-lance, or rat-tailed snake.

C2. In the names of certain plants having long slender tapering parts. Chiefly in rat-tailed radish, a variety of the cultivated radish, Raphanus sativus var. caudatus, grown in Asia for its long edible seed pods, which are eaten pickled, raw, or cooked (cf. rat-tail radish n. at rat-tail n. Compounds 2).

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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > radish

radisheOE

raphanea1398

raphe?c1400

redcolec1440

round radish1572

rabone1597

Spanish radish1706

rat-tailed radish1867

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > radish > types of radish

radishlOE

Spanish radish1706

Naples radish1763

rat-tailed radish1867

mooli1969

1867 Gardeners' Chron. 3 Aug. 807/1 I shall continue to grow the Rat-tailed Radish.

1885 W. Miller tr. Veg. Garden (Vilmorin-Andrieux & Cie) 499 Rat-tailed Radish... The edible part of this Radish is not the root, but the silique or seed-vessel, which is gathered before it is fully grown.

1902 T. W. Sanders Encycl. Gardening (ed. 5) 322 Culture of Rat-tailed Radish (R. caudatus: Nat. Java... Gather seed pods when grown for pickling, mixing with salads, or cooking & eating, like asparagus.

1949 National Geographic Mag. Aug. 213/2 In India the rat-tailed radish..is grown for its fleshy, edible seed pods.

1993 Westcoast Logger Summer 21/1 In a few moments, all chokers were free except one. The last was around two logs: a rat-tailed fir and a large hemlock—both in the same choker.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	rat-tailed
释义	rat-tailedadj. Brit. /ˈratteɪld/, U.S. /ˈrætˌteɪld/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rat n.¹, tailed adj.¹ Etymology: < rat n.¹ + tailed adj.¹ In later use probably after rat-tail n. 1. a. Having a tail like that of a rat; (in early use esp. of a horse) having a rat-tail (rat-tail n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having particular type of tail docked1408 stug-tailed1575 curtal1576 curtailed1591 bushya1609 bobbed1658 undocked1677 flisk1680 rat-tailed1684 strunted1688 bob1709 cocktailed1763 switched1769 cocked1775 nick-tailed1840 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > rump and tail > [adjective] > relating to the tail > having a tail > having tail like rat rat-tailed1845 1684 London Gaz. No. 1950/4 A Black Nag,..Mareheaded, and Rat-tailed. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Rat-tailed, a horse is thus called that has no hair upon his tail. 1788 Lounger (ed. 4) II. 177 Their carriage was stopped on the street by a drove of cattle, and one of them gored the rat-tailed horse behind. 1828 Sporting Mag. 22 231 A lean, rat-tailed mare. 1845 W. Youatt Dog 31 He selected a bull-dog, one of the smooth rat-tailed species. 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Jan. 6/2 The miserable little rat-tailed, greyhound beasts that furnish what is called mutton in this country. 1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind xxx. 503 A rat-tailed nag. 1989 Conservation Biol. 3 315/2 Having rat-tailed sheep may be a cost-effective alternative to docking. 2000 Seattle Weekly (Nexis) 27 July ‘It's a disgusting animal,’ he says of the rat-tailed nocturnal creature [sc. a possum]. b. Designating the aquatic larva of the drone fly ( Eristalis tenax), which has a tail-like telescopic breathing tube that enables it to breathe air while submerged. Usually in rat-tailed maggot, rat-tailed larva. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Cyclorrhapha > family Syrphidae > member of > resembling bee or eristalis tenax > larva of rat-tailed maggot1753 rat-tailed larva1836–9 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Rat-tailed worms, in natural history, a species of fly-worms, with long tails, resembling those of rats. 1768 J. Arscott Let. in T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (1769) III. App. 327 Blowing flies and humble bees that come from the rat-tailed maggot. 1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 874/1 The rat-tailed larva of Eristalis tenax. 1869 Amer. Naturalist 2 593 The singular rat-tailed pupa-case of Eristalis. 1895 L. C. Miall Nat. Hist. Aquatic Insects ii. 198 The Rat-tailed Maggot, a common inhabitant of stagnant pools. 1953 H. Mellanby Animal Life in Fresh Water (ed. 5) viii. 118 Pupae may also be found floating passively on the water surface (as in the rat-tailed larva, Eristalis). 1993 M. Chinery Insects Brit. & N. Europe (ed. 3) 201 Best known..is the larva of the Drone-fly, which has a telescopic breathing tube and is known as the rat-tailed maggot. 2. a. Esp. of a spoon: having a tail-like prolongation of the handle along the back of the bowl; that has a rat-tail (rat-tail n. 3d). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [adjective] > relating to type or pattern of cutlery > specific spoon slipped1618 fiddle-patterned1842 rat-tailed1870 trifid1892 1870 Times 22 Feb. 12/2 Service of plate..consisting of 20 dozen old three-pronged forks, rat-tailed spoons [etc.]. 1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel III. 21 The slender little rat-tailed spoons. 1933 Burlington Mag. Feb. p. vii/1 (advt.) Old English silver,..including a collection of Queen Anne and George I three-pronged forks and rat-tailed spoons. 1990 Country Life 24 May 131/1 A set of four spoons of about 1715, rat-tailed, which is rare in Maltese silver. b. Of a comb: that has a long, tapering handle at one end. Cf. rat-tail comb n. at rat-tail n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1955 Waukesha (Wisconsin) Daily Freeman 13 Apr. 4/3 Then, with the prop in place, brush wet hair snugly down against the roll, and work ends just barely under with a rat-tailed comb. 1973 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 15 July 1/3 It turned out to be an ordinary, black rat-tailed comb. 1988 Feminist Stud. 14 330 Big Mama's baby sister would..fluff it out carefully with the end of her rat-tailed comb. 2004 Short Easy Hairstyles Sept. 32/1 (caption) Use a rat-tailed comb to create that jagged part. Compounds C1. In the names of certain animals. † rat-tailed rat-kangaroo n. Obsolete rare the long-nosed potoroo, Potorous tridactylus. ΚΠ 1846 G. R. Waterhouse Nat. Hist. Mammalia Index Rat-tailed Rat-Kangaroo. rat-tailed larva n. see sense 1b. rat-tailed maggot n. see sense 1b. † rat-tailed serpent n. Obsolete rare a fer-de-lance (genus Bothrops); cf. rat-tailed snake n. ΚΠ 1883 List Vertebrated Animals Gardens Zool. Soc. (ed. 8) 624 Trigonocephalus lanceolatus, Oppel. Rat-tailed Serpent. Hab[itat], St. Lucia, West Indies. 1890 Cent. Dict. Rat-tailed serpent, Bothrops lanceolatus, a very venomous American pit-viper. † rat-tailed shrew n. Obsolete the musk shrew or house shrew, Suncus murinus, of South Asia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Microtidae > genus Ondatra (musk-rat) water rat1481 rat1584 mussascus1612 muskrat1615 musquash1616 squash1678 Muscovy rat1693 musk beaver1771 Ondatra1774 rat-tailed shrew1827 mushrat1842 beaver-rat1884 musky1884 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom II. 184 The Rat-tailed Shrew (Sorex Myosurus) bears a considerable resemblance to the preceding [sc. the Cape Shrew]. 1862 New Amer. Cycl. XIV. 614/2 The rat-tailed shrew (S. myosurus, Pall.) from India, is nearly as large as the brown rat, and of a dark brown color; it diffuses a very powerful odor of musk. 1884 Cassell's Nat. Hist. I. 378 The Rat-tailed Shrew. Among a number of Indian species..we may notice one which seems to be widely distributed in the East..under the name of the Musk Shrew, or Musk Rat. † rat-tailed snake n. Caribbean Obsolete a fer de lance, esp. Bothrops caribbaeus of St Lucia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > subfamily Crotalinae > genus Trimeresurus > fer-de-lance labaria1825 javelin-snake1835 rat-tailed snake1854 lance-head1859 fer-de-lance1880 lance-snake1880 1854 J. Davy W. Indies 273 [St Lucia] possesses besides several kinds of harmless snakes, one that is poisonous, the rat-tailed snake. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. ii. 75 We were..anxious to obtain at St. Lucia specimens of that abominable reptile, the Fer-de-lance, or rat-tailed snake. C2. In the names of certain plants having long slender tapering parts. Chiefly in rat-tailed radish, a variety of the cultivated radish, Raphanus sativus var. caudatus, grown in Asia for its long edible seed pods, which are eaten pickled, raw, or cooked (cf. rat-tail radish n. at rat-tail n. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > radish radisheOE raphanea1398 raphe?c1400 redcolec1440 round radish1572 rabone1597 Spanish radish1706 rat-tailed radish1867 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > radish > types of radish radishlOE Spanish radish1706 Naples radish1763 rat-tailed radish1867 mooli1969 1867 Gardeners' Chron. 3 Aug. 807/1 I shall continue to grow the Rat-tailed Radish. 1885 W. Miller tr. Veg. Garden (Vilmorin-Andrieux & Cie) 499 Rat-tailed Radish... The edible part of this Radish is not the root, but the silique or seed-vessel, which is gathered before it is fully grown. 1902 T. W. Sanders Encycl. Gardening (ed. 5) 322 Culture of Rat-tailed Radish (R. caudatus: Nat. Java... Gather seed pods when grown for pickling, mixing with salads, or cooking & eating, like asparagus. 1949 National Geographic Mag. Aug. 213/2 In India the rat-tailed radish..is grown for its fleshy, edible seed pods. 1993 Westcoast Logger Summer 21/1 In a few moments, all chokers were free except one. The last was around two logs: a rat-tailed fir and a large hemlock—both in the same choker. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1684
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