adj
Meaning 1
Having a yellow tail.
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yellowtail
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name
Meaning 2
A surname from Crow.
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noun
Meaning 3
Any of various fish with yellow tails, including:
yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi).
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noun
Meaning 4
Any of various fish with yellow tails, including:
Japanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata), native to the northwest Pacific, often used in sushi, .
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noun
Meaning 5
Any of various fish with yellow tails, including:
Atlantic bumper (Chloroscombrus chrysurus).
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noun
Meaning 6
Any of various fish with yellow tails, including:
yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea).
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noun
Meaning 7
Any of various fish with yellow tails, including:
yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus).
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noun
Meaning 8
Any of various fish with yellow tails, including:
whitespotted devil (Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus).
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noun
Meaning 9
Any of various fish with yellow tails, including:
yellowtail horse mackerel (Trachurus novaezelandiae).
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noun
Meaning 10
A European moth (Euproctis similis)
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noun
Meaning 11
A yellow-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus), a large cockatoo native to the south-east of Australia.
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noun
Meaning 12
A yellow-tailed oriole (Icterus mesomelas), a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae.
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noun
Meaning 13
A yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Oreonax flavicauda), a New World primate endemic to Peru.
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noun
Meaning 14
game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin
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Synonyms: Seriola dorsalis
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Broader terms: jack
noun
Meaning 15
superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail
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Synonyms: yellowtail snapper, Ocyurus chrysurus
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Broader terms: snapper
History
Etymology
Bahuvrihi compound of yellow + tail
Calque from Crow.