Dictionary Definitions, Synomyns, Antonyms, and related words for Hairtail
Definitions for: Hairtail
[n] long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
