Definitions for yellowtailˈyɛl oʊˌteɪl
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
yel•low•tailˈyɛl oʊˌteɪl(n.)(pl.)-tails; -tail.
a game fish, Seriola lalandei, of California.
Category: Ichthyology
Also called yel′lowtail snap′per. a small West Indian snapper
Ocyurus chrysurus.
Category: Ichthyology
any of several other fishes with a yellow tail fin.
Category: Ichthyology
Origin of yellowtail:
1600–10
Princeton's WordNet
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
yellowtail, Seriola dorsalis(noun)
game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin
Wiktionary
yellowtail(Noun)
A fish native to the northwest Pacific, often used in sushi.
yellowtail(Noun)
Any of various fish, see Wikipedia
Webster Dictionary
Yellowtail(noun)
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
Yellowtail(noun)
the mademoiselle, or silver perch
Yellowtail(noun)
the menhaden
Yellowtail(noun)
the runner, 12
Yellowtail(noun)
a California rockfish (Sebastodes flavidus)
Yellowtail(noun)
the sailor's choice (Diplodus rhomboides)
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