yellowtail

Plural: yellowtail, yellowtails

Noun

• superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail
• game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin
• Any of various fish with yellow tails, including:
• yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi).
• Any of various fish with yellow tails, including:
• Japanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata), native to the northwest Pacific, often used in sushi, .
• Any of various fish with yellow tails, including:
• Atlantic bumper (Chloroscombrus chrysurus).
• Any of various fish with yellow tails, including:
• yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea).
• Any of various fish with yellow tails, including:
• yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus).
• Any of various fish with yellow tails, including:
• whitespotted devil (Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus).
• Any of various fish with yellow tails, including:
• 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.

Adj

• Having a yellow tail.

Synonyms

Ocyurus chrysurus, Seriola dorsalis, yellowtail snapper, Japanese amberjack, buri, hamachi