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Rat Island, Alaska — Rat Island (Hawadax [Bergsland, K Aleut Dictionary Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center, 1994] in Aleut) is an island in the Rat Islands archipelago of the western Aleutian Islands in the U.S. state of Alaska. The island has a land area of 26 … Wikipedia
rat's-tail — rat sˈ tail or ratˈ tail noun 1. The tail of a rat 2. Anything like a rat s tail 3. A thin coherent dangling lock of hair 4. An excrescence on a horse s leg 5. (ratˈ tail) the grenadier fish • • • Main Entry: ↑rat rat s … Useful english dictionary
rat|tail — «RAT TAYL», adjective, noun. –adj. having a tail or taillike part like that of a rat; long and slender: »Everything in the house, down to the last rattail hinge and hickory floor peg, is historically accurate (Atlantic). –n. 1. something… … Useful english dictionary
Rat-tailed maggot — Rat tailed maggots are the larvae of some species of hoverfly, commonly Eristalis tenax . A characteristic feature of rat tailed maggots is a tube like, three segmented, telescoping breathing siphon located at their posterior end. This acts like… … Wikipedia
Rat-tail — n. 1. (Far.) pl. An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) The California chim[ae]ra. See {Chim[ae]ra}. (b) Any fish of the genus {Macrurus}. See {Grenadier}, 2. [1913 Webster … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rat — ratlike, adj. /rat/, n., interj., v., ratted, ratting. n. 1. any of several long tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger. 2. any of various similar or related… … Universalium
Fish River Canyon — It is one of the largest canyons in the world (definitely the largest in Africa), as well as the second most visited tourist attraction in Namibia. It features a gigantic ravine, in total about 100 mi (160 km) long, up to 27 km wide and in places … Wikipedia
Rat — Taxobox name = Rats fossil range = Early Pleistocene – Recent image width = 200px image caption = The common Brown Rat ( Rattus norvegicus ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia superfamilia = Muroidea familia =… … Wikipedia
Rat der Europäischen Union — Logo des Rates der Europäischen Union Der Rat der Europäischen Union (im Vertragstext nur Rat, nicht amtlich oft auch EU Ministerrat) ist ein Organ der Europäischen Union. Im politischen System der EU übt er zusammen mit dem Europäischen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
rat-tail fish — Grenadier Gren a*dier , n. [F. grenadier. See {Grenade}.] 1. (Mil.) Originaly, a soldier who carried and threw grenades; afterward, one of a company attached to each regiment or battalion, taking post on the right of the line, and wearing a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
