Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)The sale of products to end user at wholesale prices.

  2. An entire tail of seafood.

    a 5oz rump steak and golden deep-fried wholetails of scampi, served with tartare sauce

Origin

Blend of wholesale + retail. From whole + tail.

Blend of wholesale + retail.

From whole + tail.

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Forms

plural: wholetails
Singularwholetail

uncountable

Word family

1 related words

See also

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