Yellowtail
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Yellowtail is an adjective meaning (in the names of certain organisms) Having a yellow tail.
Meaning
(in the names of certain organisms) Having a yellow tail.
More Meanings
- Any of various fish with yellow tails, including:
- 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.
Word Forms
- yellowtails
Synonyms for yellowtail
Depending on context, synonyms include hamachi.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include snapper, yellowmouth, filetail, whitefin, pin-tailed, spinyhead.
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