Dictionary entry

Blacktail

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Black″tail′ (�), n. [Black + tail.] 1. (Zoöl.) A fish; the ruff or pope.

2. (Zoöl.) The black-tailed deer (Cervus orCariacus Columbianus) of California and Oregon; also, the mule deer of the Rocky Mountains. See Mule deer.