Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hairtail

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hair-tail
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

From hair + tail.

Inflected Forms

hairtails (plural)

Phrases

largehead hairtail

Synonyms

bladefish cutlassfish frost fish

Questions

What does hairtail mean?: Any of a number of species of marine fishes of the family Trichiuridae, long, band-like, with a slender, pointed tail.
Where does hairtail come from?: From hair + tail.

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