blacktail
blacktail · blacktails
A fish: the ruffe or popeA fish: the ruffe or pope (Gymnocephalus cernua)
US/ˈblækˌteɪl/
Meaning
6 sensesA fish: the ruffe or pope (Gymnocephalus cernua)
A black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus), of California and Oregon.
A mule deer, of the Rocky Mountains.
mule deer of western Rocky Mountains
Certain fish with black tails:
(UK)Salmo trutta
(Namibia, South Africa)Diplodus capensis, Diplodus sargus
(Jamaica)Haemulon carbonarium
Origin
Compound of black + tail.Compound of black + tail.
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Forms
plural: blacktails| Singular | blacktail |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- mule deer of western Rocky Mountains:black-tailed deerblacktail deerOdocoileus hemionus columbianus