yellowtail
Any of various fish with yellow tails, includingAny of various fish with yellow tails, including: Yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi).
Meaning
11 sensesAny of various fish with yellow tails, including:
Yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi).
Japanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata), native to the northwest Pacific, often used in sushi, .
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)
A yellow-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus), a large cockatoo native to the south-east of Australia.
A yellow-tailed oriole (Icterus mesomelas), a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae.
A yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Oreonax flavicauda), a New World primate endemic to Peru.
- game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin
- superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail
Origin
Bahuvrihi compound of yellow + tailBahuvrihi compound of yellow + tail
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Forms
plural: yellowtails / yellowtail| Singular | yellowtail |
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Synonyms
6 synonyms- game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin:Seriola dorsalis
- superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail:yellowtail snapperOcyurus chrysurus
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular