Noun: hairtail 'hehr,teyl
- Long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel
"The hairtail's ribbon-like body allows it to swim with a distinctive undulating motion";
- cutlassfish, frost fish
Derived forms: hairtails
Type of: percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
Part of: family Trichiuridae, Trichiuridae
Encyclopedia: Hairtail