tripletail — [trip′əl tāl΄] n. any of a family (Lobotidae) of percoid fishes that have large, trailing dorsal and anal fins; esp., a large food fish (Lobotes surinamensis) of warm W Atlantic waters … English World dictionary
tripletail — noun large food fish of warm waters worldwide having long anal and dorsal fins that with a caudal fin suggest a three lobed tail • Hypernyms: ↑percoid fish, ↑percoid, ↑percoidean • Hyponyms: ↑Atlantic tripletail, ↑Lobotes surinamensis, ↑Pacific… … Useful english dictionary
tripletail — /trip euhl tayl /, n. 1. a large food fish, Lobotes surinamensis, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, having the lobes of its dorsal and anal fins extending backward and, with the caudal fin, suggesting a … Universalium
tripletail — /ˈtrɪpəlteɪl/ (say tripuhltayl) noun (plural tripletail or tripletails) a large food fish, Lobotes surinamensis, of the warmer waters of the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and the Mediterranean Sea, with the lobes of its dorsal and anal fins …
tripletail — noun Date: circa 1803 a large marine bony fish (Lobotes surinamensis of the family Lobotidae) of warm and tropical waters that has long dorsal and anal fins which extend backward and together with the caudal fin appear like a 3 lobed tail … New Collegiate Dictionary
tripletail — tri•ple•tail [[t]ˈtrɪp əlˌteɪl[/t]] n. ich a large W Atlantic food fish, Lobotes surinamensis, with dorsal and anal fins extending to the tail • Etymology: 1795–1805 … From formal English to slang
Atlantic tripletail — Taxobox | name = Atlantic tripletail image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Lobotidae genus = Lobotes species = L. surinamensis binomial = Lobotes surinamensis binomial… … Wikipedia
Atlantic tripletail — noun tripletail found from Cape Cod to northern South America • Syn: ↑Lobotes surinamensis • Hypernyms: ↑tripletail … Useful english dictionary
Pacific tripletail — noun tripletail found in the Pacific • Syn: ↑Lobotes pacificus • Hypernyms: ↑tripletail … Useful english dictionary
Atlantic tripletail — atlantinis triuodegis ešerys statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Lobotes surinamensis angl. Atlantic tripletail rus. атлантический лобот; суринамская трёххвостка; суринамский лобот ryšiai: platesnis… … Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas
