HAIRTAIL

cutlassfish, frost fish, hairtail

(noun) long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hairtail (plural hairtails)

Any of a number of species of marine fishes of the family Trichiuridae, long, band-like, with a slender, pointed tail.

Synonyms

• (fish in family Trichiuridae): bladefish.

Source: Wiktionary


Hair"tail`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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