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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RAT-TAILED

RAT-TAILED Rat "-tailed `, a. (Zoöl.)

 

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

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

rat-tailed maggot

rat-tailed mag got ▶noun the aquatic larva of the drone fly, with a taillike telescopic breathing tube that enables it to breathe air while submerged.

 

Oxford Dictionary

rat-tailed maggot

rat-tailed mag ¦got ▶noun the aquatic larva of the drone fly, with a tail-like telescopic breathing tube that enables it to breathe air while submerged.