blacktail /ˈblækˌteɪl/ noun7 •A black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus), of California and Oregon. •A mule deer, of the Rocky Mountains. •A fish: the ruffe or pope (Gymnocephalus cernua)[…] the blacke taile Perch [which some take for a Ruffe, others for a sea Breame:] — 1601 •Certain fish with black tails. •(UK) Salmo trutta •(South-Africa) Diplodus capensis, Diplodus sargus •Haemulon carbonarium formsblacktails