tripletail

[ trip-uhl-teyl ]

noun

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 three-lobed tail.
2. any similar fishes of the genus Lobotes, of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

tripletail

/ ˈtrɪpəlˌteɪl /

noun

1. any percoid fish of the family Lobotidae , esp Lobotes surinamensis , of brackish waters of SE Asia, having tail-like dorsal and anal fins

Word History and Origins

Origin of tripletail¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; triple + tail ¹

Example Sentences

For comparison, an 11-pound tripletail caught over the weekend in Maryland just set the state's record, USA Today reported.

From Fox News

We liked the tripletail Juliette style, which was a healthy portion of seared fish, topped with shrimp, scallops in chardonnay butter and toasted almonds.

From Washington Post

You can get a whole slew of appetizers from T-Wa shrimp and ahi tuna roll to tripletail snapper with beans and rice.

From Golf Digest

“I was completely shocked,” says Joshua Jorgensen of the massive Atlantic tripletail he reeled in on Oct 9.

From Fox News

But he didn’t catch any tuna, and instead ended up with a mammoth tripletail.

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