HAIRTAIL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

cutlassfish; frost fish; hairtail

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("hairtail" is a kind of...):

percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)

Holonyms ("hairtail" is a member of...):

family Trichiuridae; Trichiuridae (cutlassfishes)

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