yellowtail
IPA: jˈɛɫoʊteɪɫ
noun
- Any of various fish with yellow tails, including:
- yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi).
- Japanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata), native to the northwest Pacific, often used in sushi, .
- Atlantic bumper (Chloroscombrus chrysurus).
- yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea).
- yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus).
- whitespotted devil (Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus).
- yellowtail horse mackerel (Trachurus novaezelandiae).
- A European moth (Euproctis similis)
- A yellow-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus), a large cockatoo native to the south-east of Australia.
- A yellow-tailed oriole (Icterus mesomelas), a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae.
- A yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Oreonax flavicauda), a New World primate endemic to Peru.
- A surname from Crow.
adjective
- (in the names of certain organisms) Having a yellow tail.
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Examples of "yellowtail" in Sentences
- Yellowtail are aggressive towards other fish.
- I created a new moth stub at Yellowtail moth.
- Yellowtail feed on shrimp, crabs, worms and smaller fish.
- These are all good baits to use for the yellowtail rockfish.
- A yellowtail may be any of several different species of fish.
- The body of the yellowtail rockfish is elongate and compressed.
- A 'yellowtail' may be any of several different species of fish.
- Photograph taken by the author ofWikipedia article on Thomas Yellowtail.
- In English, the most common name is yellowtail scad or some variation of this.
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