yel·low·tail (y l  -t l )n. 1. Any of several large marine game fishes of the genus Seriola, having a yellow or yellowish tail, such as S. dorsalis, of coastal waters of southern California and Mexico. 2. Any of several other fishes having a yellowish tail, as the silver perch. |
yellowtail [ˈjɛləʊˌteɪl]
n pl -tails, -tail
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a carangid game fish, Seriola dorsalis, of coastal waters of S California and Mexico, having a yellow tail fin
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various similar fishes
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called yellowtail moth another name for goldtail moth (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various similar fishes
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Austral another word for yellowtail kingfish
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| Noun | 1. |  yellowtail - superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tailsnapper - any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters genus Ocyurus, Ocyurus - snappers |
| 2. |  yellowtail - game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail finjack - any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas genus Seriola, Seriola - a genus of Carangidae |
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