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Hairtail

Hairtail Meaning & Definition
Hairtail Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hairtail?

[n] long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hairtail: cutlassfish | frost fish

Related Terms | Find terms related to Hairtail:

See Also | family Trichiuridae | percoid | percoid fish | percoidean | Trichiuridae

Hairtail In Webster's Dictionary

\Hair"tail`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of marine fishes of the genus {Trichiurus}; esp., {T. lepterus} of Europe and America. They are long and like a band, with a slender, pointed tail. Called also {bladefish}.

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