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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cutlassfish, frost fish
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: percoid fish, percoid, percoidean
History
From hair + tail.
