hairtail

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noun

Any of a number of species of marine fishes of the family Trichiuridae, long, band-like, with a slender, pointed tail.

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bladefishcutlassfishfrost fish
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Meanings

nounhairtail (plural hairtails)

plural hairtails

  1. Any of a number of species of marine fishes of the family Trichiuridae, long, band-like, with a slender, pointed tail.

    Synonyms: bladefish, cutlassfish

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of a number of species of marine fishes of the family Trichiuridae, long, band-like, with a slender, pointed tail.

Similar
bladefishcutlassfish

More synonyms by meaning

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

Similar
cutlassfishfrost fish
Broader
percoid fishpercoidpercoidean
Also see
cutlassfish

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From hair + tail.

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APA

hairtail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hairtail

MLA

“hairtail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hairtail. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hairtail,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hairtail.

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