hairtail

English

Trichiurus lepturus (hairtail)

Etymology

From hair +‎ tail.

Noun

hairtail (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

• (fish in family Trichiuridae): bladefish, cutlassfish.

Derived terms

• largehead hairtail

References

• hairtail on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Trichiuridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• “hairtail”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.