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PRONUNCIATION OF HAIRTAIL

hairtail  [ˈhɛəˌteɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HAIRTAIL

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determiner
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Hairtail is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HAIRTAIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hairtail

Cutlassfish

The cutlassfishes are about 40 species of predatory fish in the family Trichiuridae found in seas throughout the world. Fish of this family are long, slender, and generally steely blue or silver in colour, giving rise to their name. They have reduced or absent pelvic and caudal fins, giving them an eel-like appearance, and large fang-like teeth. Some of the species are known as scabbardfishes or hairtails or Walla Walla; others are called frostfishes because they appear in late autumn and early winter, around the time of the first frosts.

Definition of hairtail in the English dictionary

The definition of hairtail in the dictionary is any marine spiny-finned fish of the family Trichiuridae, most common in warm seas, having a long whiplike scaleless body and long sharp teeth Usual US name: cutlass fish.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HAIRTAIL


blacktail
ˈblækˌteɪl
bobtail
ˈbɒbˌteɪl
bucktail
ˈbʌkˌteɪl
cocktail
ˈkɒkˌteɪl
dovetail
ˈdʌvˌteɪl
ducktail
ˈdʌkˌteɪl
e-tail
ˈiːˌteɪl
fishtail
ˈfɪʃˌteɪl
flickertail
ˈflɪkəˌteɪl
hardtail
ˈhɑːdˌteɪl
hightail
ˈhaɪˌteɪl
horsetail
ˈhɔːsˌteɪl
pigtail
ˈpɪɡˌteɪl
ponytail
ˈpəʊnɪˌteɪl
scissortail
ˈsɪzəˌteɪl
silvertail
ˈsɪlvəˌteɪl
swallowtail
ˈswɒləʊˌteɪl
telltale
ˈtɛlˌteɪl
whitetail
ˈwaɪtˌteɪl
yellowtail
ˈjɛləʊˌteɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HAIRTAIL

hairnet
hairpiece
hairpin
hairpin bend
hairpin curve
hairsplitter
hairsplitting
hairspray
hairspring
hairstreak
hairstyle
hairstylist
hairweaving
hairwork
hairworm
hairy
hairy frog
hairy tare
hairy willowherb
hairyback

WORDS THAT END LIKE HAIRTAIL

cottontail
curtail
detail
entail
foxtail
fruit cocktail
go into detail
in detail
long tail
mocktail
nose to tail
pintail
prawn cocktail
rat tail
rat-tail
retail
shirt-tail
sting in the tail
tail
whiptail

Synonyms and antonyms of hairtail in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hairtail» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HAIRTAIL

Find out the translation of hairtail to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hairtail from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hairtail» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

带鱼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sable
570 millions of speakers

English

hairtail
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hairtail
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

hairtail
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

hairtail
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hairtail
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hairtail
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sabre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hairtail
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hairtail
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

タチウオ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

갈치
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rambut
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hairtail
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மீன் வகை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

केशर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hairtail
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hairtail
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hairtail
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

hairtail
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hairtail
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hairtail
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hairtail
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hairtail
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hairtail
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hairtail

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HAIRTAIL»

The term «hairtail» is normally little used and occupies the 126.990 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HAIRTAIL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hairtail

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAIRTAIL»

Discover the use of hairtail in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hairtail and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa
Cupreous Hairtail Anthene princeps princeps Wingspan: 7 22–27 mm 6 24–29 mm. Identification: 1A 7 upper side, 1B 6 upper side, 1C 7 underside. Similarto Pale Hairtail (p. 248), underside grey irrorations more well defined, 7 upper side  ...
Steve Woodhall, 2005
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Australian Fish Guide
HAIRTAIL Scientific name Trichiurus lepturus. Also known as Ribbonfish, Australian hairtail, largehead hairtail, cutlassfish. Range Found with a disjointed distribution in deeper estuaries or harbours from Shark Bay in Western Australia to ...
Francis Bernard Prokop, Trevor Hawkins, Geoff Wilson, 2006
3
Fishing Guide to Sydney-Hawkesbury
28.6 Little Bay This is a deepwater location that is well worth a try for mulloway and hairtail on either side of the top of the tide. Live baits, whole fillets and whole dead baits seem to get the best results. While fishing for the bigger fish you should ...
Gary Brown, 2002
4
Ivor Migdoll's Field Guide to the Butterflies of Southern Africa
f J Anthene lemnos lemnos (HewWson, 1878) LYCAENIDAE ~J □ - / large hairtail/grootkortstertjie no. 130: p. 92 \ '%r Wingspan: cf 26-30; 9 26-30 mm The large hairtail closely resembles the common hairtail but is slightly larger. The males ...
Ivor Migdoll, 1997
5
Korean Fisheries: Policies, Stock Assessment and Compliance ...
Jong-Oh Nam. 2.5. Estimates of Regression Coefficients, Related Statistics in the GLM 66 2.6. The Observed Actual Data and Estimates of GLM (1989-2004) 69 2.7. Average Rate of Fishing Efforts of the Two Gears for Hairtail (1989-2004) 70  ...
Jong-Oh Nam, 2007
6
Issues in General Food Research: 2011 Edition
Researchers detail in 'Molecular identification of Anisakis type I larvae isolated from hairtail fish off the coasts of Taiwan and Japan,' new data in science. “ Anisakid nematodes are known to cause the zoonotic disease, anisakiasis, through the ...
‎2012
7
Fishing Wars and Environmental Change in Late Imperial and ...
Increasing production always held higher priority than preserving fish stocks.27 By the 1970s, populations of large and small yellow croaker, cuttlefish, and hairtail showed signs of severe depletion. Marine pollution caused by rapid industrial ...
Micah S. Muscolino, 2009
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The Dr. Fridtjof Nansen Programme 1975-1993: Investigations ...
Other Carangidae, hairtail and barracudas The other types of pelagic fish associated with horse mackerel have their main distribution north of Benguela. Table 7.41 shows the mean acoustic- and swept-area estimates by regions and for the ...
‎1999
9
Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Material ...
Hairtail, Pseudosciaena crocea, Psendosciaena polyactis, Bluefin Leatherjacket, sea Catfish, Pagrosomus major, Gadus, Weever, lizard fish, Silvery pomfret, Priacanthus tayenus, Small-mouthed nannygai, crimson seabream, Nemipterus ...
Dr. Qingzhou Xu, 2013
10
Baseline Studies of Biodiversity: The Fish Resources of ...
Trichiurus lepturus (Linnaeus, 1758) Largehead hairtail (English); Lajur ( Indonesian); Djogor (Java); Lajur (West Java, Jakarta); Ladjur (Madura); Ladjuru (South Sulawesi, Makassar). Body extremely elongate, compressed and tapering to a ...
Daniel Pauly, Purwito Martosubroto, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAIRTAIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hairtail is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ship Disaster on the Yangtze Tears Six Chinese Sisters Apart
They packed Shanghai-style hairtail fish and stewed beef, worried the food outside their home city would be too spicy. Along the way, they ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
2
Chinese authorities break up $500m frozen seafood smuggling ring
The primary method of operation was to declare imports of low value fish -- such as hairtail -- and then put higher value fish -- such as sablefish, ... «Undercurrent News, Jun 15»
3
Sashimi chef mesmerizes viewers with videos of his deft preparation …
There are rumors of future videos being made to show the process behind preparing bigfin reef squid, hairtail, and daggertooth pike conger (an ... «RocketNews24, May 15»
4
Time to go jigging just before sunset and throughout the night
Lucky catch: Aside from hairtail, anglers also catch other species on the live bait. Going for hairtail · Close-up: The hairtail ... Going for hairtail ... «The Star Online, May 15»
5
Price of Chinese Farm Produce Drops Slightly
The price of aquatic products was up 0.4 per cent, with large hairtail, small yellow croaker and grass carp up 1.7 per cent, 1.6 per cent and one ... «ThePigSite.com, May 15»
6
Rise in Chinese Pork Prices
The price of aquatic products was up by one per cent week on week, with crucian, grass carp and hairtail up by 1.7 per cent, 1.3 per cent and ... «ThePigSite.com, Apr 15»
7
Prices of Chinese Farm Produce Drop
The price of aquatic products rose 0.4 per cent, headed by the price of carp, large hairtail and crucian, up 1.7 per cent, 1.7 per cent and 1.5 per ... «ThePoultrySite.com, Mar 15»
8
Water temps up one degree
Years ago Hairtail where never seen north of Sydney but showed up in Newcastle!! Great whites like the cold but we have a 5mtr monster ... «Newcastle Herald, Feb 15»
9
Early morning sushi in Osaka that's a cut above the rest
The next plate had crab, akagai (red clam) more tuna, scallop and tachiuo (hairtail fish). The scallop was the standout on this plate. After these ... «The Japan Times, Dec 14»
10
Travel Destinations Near Jeju Airport
Hairtail and bracken are one of the most famous local delicacies in Jeju. Bracken which is rich in protein and fiber helps boost the immune ... «The Chosun Ilbo, Dec 14»

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