yellowtail

yellowtail

English

Etymology

Bahuvrihi compound of yellow +‎ tail

Adjective

yellowtail (not comparable)

1. Having a yellow tail.

Noun

yellowtail (plural yellowtails)

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

References

• yellowtail at OneLook Dictionary Search
• yellowtail in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Yellowtail (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia