blacktail means A fish: the ruffe or pope (Gymnocephalus cernua).
blacktail is pronounced /ˈblækˌteɪl/.
Etymology
Compound of black + tail.
noun
- A fish: the ruffe or pope (Gymnocephalus cernua)“[…] the blacke taile Perch [which ſome take for a Ruffe, others for a ſea Breame:]”
- A black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus), of California and Oregon.
- A mule deer, of the Rocky Mountains.
- Certain fish with black tails:; Salmo trutta
- Certain fish with black tails:; Diplodus capensis, Diplodus sargus
- Certain fish with black tails:; Haemulon carbonarium