yellowtail

See also: Yellowtail

English

Etymology

Bahuvrihi compound of yellow +‎ tail

Adjective

yellowtail (not comparable)

1. (in the names of certain organisms) Having a yellow tail.

Noun

yellowtail (plural yellowtails or yellowtail)

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

Synonyms

• (Seriola quinqueradiata): buri, hamachi, Japanese amberjack

Derived terms

• yellowtail cribo (Drymarchon corais corais)
• yellowtail amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata)
• yellowtail barracuda (Sphyraena flavicauda)
• yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea, syn. Pleuronectes ferruginea)
• yellowtail horse mackerel (Trachurus novaezelandiae)
• yellowtail reef fish
• yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus)

References

• “yellowtail”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “yellowtail”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• Yellowtail (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia