Definition of hairtail Hairtail

hair•tail

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WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

hairtail - long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel
  cutlassfish, frost fish
  percoid, percoid fish, percoidean any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
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  • hairtail (Noun)
    Any of a number of species of marine fishes of the family Trichiuridae. They are long and like a band, with a slender, pointed tail. They are also called bladefish.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • hairtail (n.)
    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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