grenadier

  1. Noun.  A type of soldier, originally one who threw grenades, later a member of a company formed from the tallest men of the regiment; now specifically, a member of the Grenadier Guards.
  2. Noun.  Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.
  3. Noun.  Any of various deep-sea fish of the family ''Macrouridae'' that have a large head and body and a long tapering tail; a rat-tail.

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