Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various cutlassfishes having a long whiplike tail.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any fish of the family Trichiuridæ, as Trichiurus lepturus, remarkable for the attenuation of its tail as well as for its silvery body, whence it is also called
silvery hairtail . The species inhabit tropical and subtropical seas; that above named is most common in the Atlantic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any species of marine fishes of the genus Trichiurus; esp.,
Trichiurus lepturus of Europe and America. They are long and like a band, with a slender, pointed tail. Called alsobladefish .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of a number of species of marine fishes of the family Trichiuridae. They are long and like a band, with a slender, pointed tail. They are also called bladefish.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel
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Examples
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Trademark dishes include broiled sea bream, rice porridge with abalone, and hairtail fish soup.
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Larger sized and commercially important species such as yellow croaker and hairtail were replaced by smaller-bodied and low value forage fish, such as anchovy (see Tang, 1989).
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But at the end of the day, he chooses Heerak (02-755-3449), a small but always packed restaurant in Namdaemun Market in central Seoul that serves seasoned hairtail, or galchi, for
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The alley where Heerak is located has some 10 restaurants specializing in seasoned hairtail.
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Often after work, he takes pleasure in heading straight to Namdaemun Market for hairtail with soy sauce, chili paste and crushed garlic.
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