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blacktail

US/ˈblækˌteɪl/

blacktail noun: a fish: the ruffe or pope (Gymnocephalus cernua).

Noun

blacktail (plural blacktails)

  1. A fish: the ruffe or pope (Gymnocephalus cernua)
    • […] the blacke taile Perch [which ſome take for a Ruffe, others for a ſea Breame:]1601, Pliny the Elder, translated by Philemon Holland, The Historie of the World, London: A. Islip, published 1634, page 452
    • Melarunus, the Black-tail, a kind of Perch of Ruff, a Fiſh; it alſo taken for a Sea-bream: […]1706, Edward Phillips, compiler, J[ohn] K[ersey the younger], “Melarunus”, in The New World of Words: Or, Universal English Dictionary. […], 6th edition, London: […] J. Phillips, […]; N. Rhodes, […]...
  2. A black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus), of California and Oregon.
  3. A mule deer, of the Rocky Mountains.
  4. (UK) Salmo trutta
  5. (Namibia, South Africa) Diplodus capensis, Diplodus sargus
  6. (Jamaica) Haemulon carbonarium

blacktail meaning in Tamil

blacktail in Tamil

கருவால்

Forms of blacktail

pluralblacktails

Origin of blacktail

Compound of black + tail.

Words formed from blacktail

  • 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

Questions about blacktail

What does blacktail mean?
Blacktail means a fish: the ruffe or pope (Gymnocephalus cernua).
What is blacktail in Tamil?
Blacktail in Tamil is கருவால். See Blacktail meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is blacktail?
Blacktail is a noun.
How do you pronounce blacktail?
Blacktail is pronounced /ˈblækˌteɪl/ (US).
What is the plural of blacktail?
The plural of blacktail is blacktails.

Words near blacktail in the dictionary

  1. blackstraps
  2. blackstream
  3. blackstuff
  4. blacktag
  5. blacktags
  6. blacktail
  7. blacktails
  8. blackthorn
  9. blackthorn winter
  10. blackthorn winters
  11. blackthorns

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