HyperDic: hairtail

English > 1 sense of the word hairtail:
NOUNanimalhairtail, cutlassfish, frost fishlong-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth
English > hairtail: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglong-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel.
Synonymscutlassfish, frost fish
Member ofTrichiuridae, family Trichiuridaecutlassfishes
Broaderpercoid fish, percoid, percoideanAny of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
Catalantrichiúrids, triquiúrid

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