tripletail

tri·ple·tail  (trpl-tl)

n.

Any of several chiefly marine percoid fishes of the family Lobotidae, especially Lobotes surinamensis, of warm waters of the western Atlantic, having prominent dorsal and anal fins that resemble extra tails.

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tripletail [ˈtrɪp^əlˌteɪl]

n pl -tail, -tails

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any percoid fish of the family Lobotidae, esp Lobotes surinamensis, of brackish waters of SE Asia, having tail-like dorsal and anal fins

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Noun

1.

tripletail - large food fish of warm waters worldwide having long anal and dorsal fins that with a caudal fin suggest a three-lobed tail percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes genus Lobotes, Lobotes - type genus of the Lobotidae Atlantic tripletail, Lobotes surinamensis - tripletail found from Cape Cod to northern South America Lobotes pacificus, Pacific tripletail - tripletail found in the Pacific