'Hardtail' definitions:

Definition of 'Hardtail'

From: GCIDE
  • Hardtail \Hard"tail`\ (h[aum]rd"t[=a]l`), n. (Zool.) See Jurel. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'hardtail'

From: GCIDE
  • Jurel \Ju"rel\, n. (Zool.) A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts (Caranx chrysos), most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food fish; -- called also hardtail, {horse crevall['e]}, jack, buffalo jack, skipjack, {yellow mackerel}, and sometimes, improperly, horse mackerel. Other species of Caranx (as Caranx fallax) are also sometimes called jurel. Juridic