English Explanatory Dictionary

blacktail

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fish: the ruffe or pope (Gymnocephalus cernua)
  2. A black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus), of California and Oregon.
  3. A mule deer, of the Rocky Mountains.
  4. Certain fish with black tails:
  5. Salmo trutta
  6. Diplodus capensis, Diplodus sargus
  7. Haemulon carbonarium

Pronunciation

/ˈblækˌteɪl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blacktail.wav

Word forms

blacktail blacktails

Etymology

Compound of black + tail.

Derived words

blacktail buckbill eel blacktail butterflyfish blacktail comber blacktail humbug blacktail pike-conger blacktail redhorse blacktail reef shark blacktail shark blacktail shiner blacktail snapper blacktail triplefin
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