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RATTAIL FISH

Dictionary entry overview: What does rattail fish mean?

• RATTAIL FISH (noun)
The noun RATTAIL FISH has 1 sense:

1. deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail

Familiarity information: RATTAIL FISH used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• RATTAIL FISH (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

rattail; rattail fish; grenadier

Hypernyms ("rattail fish" is a kind of...):

gadoid; gadoid fish (a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae)

Holonyms ("rattail fish" is a member of...):

family Macrouridae; family Macruridae; Macrouridae; Macruridae (grenadiers)

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