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YELLOWTAIL

• YELLOWTAIL (noun)
The noun YELLOWTAIL has 2 senses:

1. superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail
2. game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin

Familiarity information: YELLOWTAIL used as a noun is rare.

• YELLOWTAIL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ocyurus chrysurus; yellowtail; yellowtail snapper

Hypernyms ("yellowtail" is a kind of...):

snapper (any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters)

Holonyms ("yellowtail" is a member of...):

genus Ocyurus; Ocyurus (snappers)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Seriola dorsalis; yellowtail

Hypernyms ("yellowtail" is a kind of...):

jack (any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas)

Holonyms ("yellowtail" is a member of...):

genus Seriola; Seriola (a genus of Carangidae)

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