flagtail meaning: definition, etymology

flagtail

noun

Etymology From flag + tail.

Any of genus Kuhlia of perciform fish, having distinctive scaly sheaths around the dorsal and anal fins.

Synonyms: aholehole
Derived terms: barred flagtail, dark-margin flagtail, dark-margined flagtail, fiveband flagtail, fivebar flagtail, five-bar flagtail, flagtailed terapon, Hawaiian flagtail, orange-finned flagtail, Rapanui flagtail, reticulated flagtail, rock flagtail, silver flagtail, spotted flagtail, strange-tailed flagtail

adj

Etymology From flag + tail.

Having a tail resembling a flag in some way, such as by colored stripes.

Derived terms: flagtail blanquillo, flagtail catfish, flagtail cod, flagtail dartgoby, flagtail flathead, flagtail glassfish, flagtail grouper, flagtail grunter, flagtail panda corydoras, flagtail pipefish, flagtail prochilodus, flagtail rockcod, flagtail rock-cod, flagtail shrimpgoby, flagtail shrimp-goby, flagtail surgeonfish, flagtail swellshark, flagtail tetra, flagtail tilefish, flagtail triggerfish, flagtail trumpeter

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