hairtail

hairtail has 2 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. Any species of marine fishes of the genus Trichiurus; esp., T. lepterus of Europe and America. They are long and like a band, with a slender, pointed tail. Called also bladefish.
• n.. long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel