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Rattail vs Macrourid - What's the difference?

rattail | macrourid |

As nouns the difference between rattail and macrourid

is that rattail is any of the large dark-colored deep-sea fish of the macrouridae family of ray-finned fish while macrourid is (zoology) any fish of the macrouridae family; a rattail.

rattail

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of the large dark-colored deep-sea fish of the Macrouridae family of ray-finned fish.
  • A hairstyle characterized by a long lock of tail-like hair dangling from the back of the head.

    • Synonyms

    * (fish) grenadier, macrourid, whiptail

    External links

    * ("rattail" on Wikipedia) * (Macrouridae) * (Macrouridae)

    macrourid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any fish of the Macrouridae family; a rattail.