Blacktail
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈblækˌteɪl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Blacktail is a noun meaning A fish: the ruffe or pope (Gymnocephalus cernua).
Meaning
A fish: the ruffe or pope (Gymnocephalus cernua).
More Meanings
- A black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus), of California and Oregon.
- A mule deer, of the Rocky Mountains.
- Certain fish with black tails:
Example Sentences
[…] the blacke taile Perch [which ſome take for a Ruffe, others for a ſea Breame:]
Melarunus, the Black-tail, a kind of Perch of Ruff, a Fiſh; it alſo taken for a Sea-bream: […]
A perch-like fish of European waters, the blacktail, striped or stone perch, is also known as a ruff or ruffe.
Word Forms
- blacktails
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pope, ruff, ruffe, rat-tail, roughhead, rattail.
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