squaretailn.
/ˈskwɛːteɪl/, U.S. /ˈskwɛrˌteɪl/Π
1784 P. Boddaert Elenchus Animalium 123 Sorex..Tetragonurus..square tail.
1838 Athenæum 15 Sept. 679/1 The Rev. L. Jenyns exhibited a series of specimens of the square-tail Shrew.
1861 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (Edinb. UL: new ed.) I. 436 The tail is remarkable for being square in form, instead of cylindrical, and on account of that circumstance it has received from some authors the specific name of tetragonurus, or Square-tail.
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a. Any of the perciform marine fishes constituting the genus Tetragonus (family Tetragonuridae), found in pelagic tropical and subtropical waters and having a long slender dark-colored body and a caudal peduncle which is squarish in cross-section.
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1843 R. T. Lowe Fishes Madeira 129 Tetragonurus Atlanticus... The Square-tail, or Sea-raven.
1896 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. V. 398 The curious Mediterranean and Atlantic fish known as Cuvier's square-tail (Tetragonurus cuvieri).
1968 J. E. Fitch & R. J. Lavenberg Deep-water Teleostean Fishes Calif. 114 Perhaps 40 to 50 juvenile to adult smalleye squaretails have been noted in the eastern north Pacific since the first one was taken in 1919.
2016 V. Kells et al. Field Guide Coastal Fishes 322 Tetragonuridae—Squaretails.
b. Chiefly North American. A trout; esp. the char or brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis, the caudal fin of which is only slightly indented. Also more fully squaretail trout.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Salvelinus > salvelinus fontinalis (brook trout)
mud trout1842
brook trout1869
speckled trout1869
speckle-belly1874
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red-bellied trout1787
red-spotted trout1884
1883 Amer. Angler 14 July 21/1 Prof. Bingham of our party, had the pleasure of taking the largest ‘square tail’ trout caught there this season up to the time of our departure.
1935 B. Perry And gladly Teach vii. 151 The lake was perfect for bathing and boating. There were big ‘square-tails’ in it then.
1972 Trout & Salmon Feb. 14/2 It brought to mind an experience I had in Labrador this past summer when I was up there fishing for squaretail trout.
2022 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 23 Feb. We suspected brook trout or possibly togue until we saw the white-edged fins when it got close to the boat. Squaretail!
3. A tail or rear portion of a surfboard, snowboard, etc., which is squared-off rather than rounded or pointed. Also: a board having such a tail.In quot. 1941 perhaps not a fixed collocation.
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1941 Recreation Aug. 304/2 A 12-foot board with a square tail is very popular for heavy men.
1961 Los Angeles Times 30 June iv. 8/4 Prior to then, the old squaretail (solid board) weighed anywhere from 9 to 160 lb., the paddle-boards in excess of 60 lb.
1998 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 19 Nov. (Snow section) e2 It wasn't all that long ago that snowboards had a square tail and a pointy nose.
2010 M. Warshaw Hist. Surfing 186/1 The Phil Edwards Model, a sleek but hard-to-ride squaretail.., was the sport's first signature board.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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square-tail
square-tail n. (a) (see quots. square adj., square adj.); (b) the char or brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, native to eastern North America.
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1843 R. T. Lowe Fishes Madeira 129 Tetragonurus Atlanticus... The Square-tail, or Sea-raven.
1896 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. V. 398 The curious Mediterranean and Atlantic fish known as Cuvier's square-tail (Tetragonurus cuvieri).
1935 B. Perry And gladly Teach vii. 151 The lake was perfect for bathing and boating. There were big ‘square-tails’ in it then.
1972 Trout & Salmon Feb. 14/2 It brought to mind an experience I had in Labrador this past summer when I was up there fishing for squaretail trout.
squaretail
squaretail n. a surfboard, snowboard, etc., with a squared-off tail; the tail of such a board.
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1941 Recreation Aug. 304/2 A 12-foot board with a square tail is very popular for heavy men.
1998 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 19 Nov. (Snow section) e2 It wasn't all that long ago that snowboards had a square tail and a pointy nose.
2006 Whitelines Feb. 18/1 It had a stance set back somewhere near its square tail, and..I didn't so much ‘strap in’ as pull a metal lever over the end of my ski boots.
2010 M. Warshaw Hist. Surfing 186/1 The Phil Edwards Model, a sleek but hard-to-ride squaretail.., was the sport's first signature board.
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