Definitions for hairtail

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cutlassfish, frost fish, hairtail(noun)

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

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hairtail(noun)

    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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