splittail

splittail
/split"tayl'/, n.
a minnow, Pogonichthys macrolepidotus, of the Sacramento River, having the upper lobe of the tail much longer than the lower lobe: habitat changes have greatly reduced its numbers.
[1880-85, Amer.; SPLIT + TAIL1]

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