hairtail
English
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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.
References
hairtail on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Trichiuridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- “hairtail”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.