Rattail vs. Cattail — What's the Difference?

See grenadier.

Any of various perennial herbs of the genus Typha, widespread in marshy places and having long straplike leaves and a dense cylindrical cluster of minute flowers and fruits. Also called reed mace.

A long, thin length of hair that hangs down the nape of the neck, usually when the rest of the hair is cut short.

Any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places.

Shaped like or having a part shaped like a rat's tail

A cat-o'-nine-tails.

Any of the large dark-colored deep-sea fish of the Macrouridae family of ray-finned fish.

A tall erect rush or flag (Typha latifolia) growing widely in fresh and salt marshes, with long, flat, sword-shaped leaves, having clusters of small brown flowers in a dense cylindrical spike at the top of the stem; - called also bulrush and reed mace. The leaves are frequently used for seating chairs, making mats, etc. See Catkin.

A hairstyle characterized by a long lock of tail-like hair dangling from the back of the head.

Tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes

Deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail