About The Word Hairtail
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Hairtail
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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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