YELLOWTAIL

yellowtail, Seriola dorsalis

(noun) game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin

yellowtail, yellowtail snapper, Ocyurus chrysurus

(noun) superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

yellowtail (not comparable)

Having a yellow tail.

Noun

yellowtail (plural yellowtails)

Yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi).

A fish native to the northwest Pacific, often used in sushi, the Japanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata).

Any of various fish with yellow tails, including

Atlantic bumper (Chloroscombrus chrysurus).

yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea).

yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus).

whitespotted devil (Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus).

yellowtail horse mackerel (Trachurus novaezelandiae).

A European moth (Euproctis similis)

The yellow-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus), a large cockatoo native to the south-east of Australia.

The yellow-tailed oriole (Icterus mesomelas), a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae.

The yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Oreonax flavicauda), a New World primate endemic to Peru.

Synonyms

• (Seriola quinqueradiata): buri, hamachi, Japanese amberjack

Source: Wiktionary

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Yel"low*tail`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species of marine carangoid fishes of the genus Seriola; especially, the large California species (S. dorsalis) which sometimes weighs thirty or forty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish; -- called also cavasina, and white salmon. (b) The mademoiselle, or silver perch. (c) The menhaden. (d) The runner, 12. (e) A California rockfish (Sebastodes flavidus). (f) The sailor's choice (Diplodus rhomboides).

Note: Several other fishes are also locally called yellowtail.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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