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RATTAIL FISH

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 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 tailplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


RATTAIL FISH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

grenadier; rattail; rattail fish

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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