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YELLOWTAIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yellowtail mean?
• YELLOWTAIL (noun)
The noun YELLOWTAIL has 2 senses:
1. superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail
2. game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin
Familiarity information: YELLOWTAIL used as a noun is 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" 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" is a member of...):
genus Ocyurus; Ocyurus (snappers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Seriola dorsalis; yellowtail
Hypernyms ("yellowtail" is a kind of...):
jack (any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas)
Holonyms ("yellowtail" is a member of...):
genus Seriola; Seriola (a genus of Carangidae)
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