Dictionary

yellowtail en · ADJ

Etymology

Bahuvrihi compound of yellow + tail

Meanings

1. (in the names of certain organisms, not-comparable) Having a yellow tail.

yellowtail en · NOUN

Etymology

Bahuvrihi compound of yellow + tail

Meanings

1. Any of various fish with yellow tails, including: ▸ yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi).
2. Any of various fish with yellow tails, including: ▸ Japanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata), native to the northwest Pacific, often used in sushi, .
3. Any of various fish with yellow tails, including: ▸ Atlantic bumper (Chloroscombrus chrysurus).
4. Any of various fish with yellow tails, including: ▸ yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea).
5. Any of various fish with yellow tails, including: ▸ yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus).
6. Any of various fish with yellow tails, including: ▸ whitespotted devil (Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus).
7. Any of various fish with yellow tails, including: ▸ yellowtail horse mackerel (Trachurus novaezelandiae).
8. A European moth (Euproctis similis)
9. A yellow-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus), a large cockatoo native to the south-east of Australia.
10. A yellow-tailed oriole (Icterus mesomelas), a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae.
11. A yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Oreonax flavicauda), a New World primate endemic to Peru.

Forms

Deriveds

yellowtail amberjack · yellowtail scad · yellowtail barracuda · yellowtail reef fish · yellowtail horse mackerel · yellowtail cribo · yellowtail flounder · yellowtail snapper

Synonyms

Japanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata) · hamachi (Seriola quinqueradiata) · buri (Seriola quinqueradiata)