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YELLOWTAIL SNAPPER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yellowtail snapper mean?
• YELLOWTAIL SNAPPER (noun)
The noun YELLOWTAIL SNAPPER has 1 sense:
1. superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail
Familiarity information: YELLOWTAIL SNAPPER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Ocyurus chrysurus; yellowtail; yellowtail snapper
Hypernyms ("yellowtail snapper" is a kind of...):
snapper (any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters)
Holonyms ("yellowtail snapper" is a member of...):
genus Ocyurus; Ocyurus (snappers)
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