Crossword clues for hairtail
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hairtail \Hair"tail`\ (-t[=a]l`), n. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of marine fishes of the genus Trichiurus; esp., Trichiurus lepturus of Europe and America. They are long and like a band, with a slender, pointed tail. Called also bladefish.
Wiktionary
n. Any of a number of species of marine fishes of the family Trichiuridae, long, band-like, with a slender, pointed tail.
WordNet
n. long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel [syn: cutlassfish, frost fish]
Usage examples of "hairtail".
After depositing the hairtail on the counter, he set the lightly oiled wok on the gas burner to heat and started a pot of jasmine rice.
Before he took the hairtail from its package, he opened the kitchen window.
Then, holding the hairtail out straight with his left hand, he used the point of his razor-edged fingernail to make a slit in the skin all the way around the head, just behind the gill plate.