"blacktail" meaning in English

See blacktail in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blacktail.wav Forms: blacktails [plural]
Etymology: Compound of black + tail. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|black|tail}} Compound of black + tail Head templates: {{en-noun}} blacktail (plural blacktails)
  1. A fish: the ruffe or pope (Gymnocephalus cernua)
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  2. A black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus), of California and Oregon.
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  3. A mule deer, of the Rocky Mountains.
    Sense id: en-blacktail-en-noun-xI8apsrz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Cervids, Perch and darters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 27 29 13 8 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 25 27 15 9 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 24 26 16 8 22 Disambiguation of Cervids: 2 25 28 21 4 21 Disambiguation of Perch and darters: 2 16 20 30 7 25
  4. Certain fish with black tails:
    (UK) Salmo trutta
    Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-blacktail-en-noun-mrheY9Pi Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Cervids, Perch and darters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 27 29 13 8 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 25 27 15 9 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 24 26 16 8 22 Disambiguation of Cervids: 2 25 28 21 4 21 Disambiguation of Perch and darters: 2 16 20 30 7 25
  5. Certain fish with black tails:
    (South Africa, Namibia) Diplodus capensis, Diplodus sargus
    Tags: Namibia, South-Africa
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  6. Certain fish with black tails:
    (Jamaica) Haemulon carbonarium
    Tags: Jamaica
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blacktail buckbill eel (taxonomic: Saurenchelys fierasfer), blacktail butterflyfish (taxonomic: Chaetodon austriacus), blacktail comber (taxonomic: Serranus atricauda), blacktail humbug (taxonomic: Dascyllus melanurus), blacktail pike-conger (alt: Hoplunnis diomediana), blacktail redhorse (taxonomic: Moxostoma poecilurum), blacktail reef shark (taxonomic: Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos), blacktail shark (taxonomic: Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos), blacktail shiner (taxonomic: Cyprinella venusta), blacktail snapper (taxonomic: Lutjanus fulvus), blacktail triplefin (taxonomic: Enneapterygius spp. etc)

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