yellowtail

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Etymology

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Bahuvrihi compound of yellow +‎ tail

Adjective

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yellowtail (not comparable)

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

Noun

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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.

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