tripletail

tri·ple·tail

T0365800 (trĭp′əl-tāl′)n. Any of several chiefly marine fishes of the family Lobotidae, especially Lobotes surinamensis of tropical and subtropical waters, having prominent dorsal and anal fins that resemble extra tails.

tripletail

(ˈtrɪpəlˌteɪl) n, pl -tail or -tails (Animals) any percoid fish of the family Lobotidae, esp Lobotes surinamensis, of brackish waters of SE Asia, having tail-like dorsal and anal fins

tri•ple•tail

(ˈtrɪp əlˌteɪl)

n. a large W Atlantic food fish, Lobotes surinamensis, with dorsal and anal fins extending to the tail. [1795–1805]

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