blacktail

3 definitions found

blacktail - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ruff \Ruff\, Ruffe \Ruffe\, n. [OE. ruffe.] (Zool.)
     A small freshwater European perch (Acerina vulgaris); --
     called also pope, blacktail, and stone perch, or
     striped perch.
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  Blacktail \Black"tail`\, n. [Black + tail.]
     1. (Zool.) A fish; the ruff or pope.
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     2. (Zool.) The black-tailed deer (Cervus Columbianus or
        Cariacus Columbianus) of California and Oregon; also,
        the mule deer of the Rocky Mountains. See Mule deer.
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blacktail - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  blacktail
      n 1: mule deer of western Rocky Mountains [syn: black-tailed deer
           , blacktail deer, blacktail, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus
           ]