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jollytail

jollytail noun: galaxias maculatus (common galaxias), a freshwater fish with a marine larval stage, found from western Australia to the Falkland Islands.

jollytail: galaxias maculatus (common galaxias), a freshwater fish with a marine larval stage, found from...
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Noun

jollytail (plural jollytails)

  1. Galaxias maculatus (common galaxias), a freshwater fish with a marine larval stage, found from western Australia to the Falkland Islands.
    Synonyms:
    common jollytail, cowfish, eel gudgeon, inanga, lananga, minnow, native trout, pulangi, slippery tarki, spotted minnow

Synonyms of jollytail

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Forms of jollytail

pluraljollytails

Origin of jollytail

From jolly + tail.

Questions about jollytail

What does jollytail mean?
Jollytail means galaxias maculatus (common galaxias), a freshwater fish with a marine larval stage, found from western Australia to the Falkland Islands.
What part of speech is jollytail?
Jollytail is a noun.
What is the plural of jollytail?
The plural of jollytail is jollytails.

Words near jollytail in the dictionary

  1. jollying along
  2. jollyings
  3. jollyness
  4. jollynesses
  5. jollysome
  6. jollytail
  7. jollytails
  8. Jolo
  9. Joloano
  10. Joloanos
  11. Jolof

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