(slang) A towel that has been tightly twisted along the diagonal to make a rudimentary whip with a towel corner at the tip, typically used in juvenile pranks.

plural of rat-tail

The aquatic larva of a hoverfly in either the tribe Eristalini or the tribe Sericomyini, which breathes through a tail-like air tube.

plural of rat-tailed maggot

plural of rat-tail radish

A radish species or variety characterized by prominent trailing edible seedpods.

A simple method of joining two ends of metal wire by twisting them together.

plural of rat-tail splice