yellowtail

[ yel-oh-teyl ]

/ ˈyɛl oʊˌteɪl /

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noun, plural yel·low·tails, (especially collectively) yel·low·tail.

a game fish, Seriola lalandei, of California.

Also called yellowtail snapper. a small West Indian snapper, Ocyurus chrysurus.

yellowtail flounder.

any of several other fishes with a yellow caudal fin.

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Origin of yellowtail

First recorded in 1600–10; yellow + tail¹

Words nearby yellowtail

Yellowstone, Yellowstone Falls, Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, yellow streak, yellowtail, yellowtail flounder, yellowtail kingfish, yellowthroat, yellow-throated vireo, yellow-throated warbler

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How to use yellowtail in a sentence

How many jars of pickled watermelon does Derek Lam have stored in his refrigerator, ready to be paired with yellowtail crudo?
Harvesting Fall's Fashions|Renata Espinosa|August 27, 2009|DAILY BEAST
A member of the Yellowtail production team did not immediately return an email asking for comment.
The Great Wine Cover-up|Keith Wallace|August 18, 2009|DAILY BEAST
A former winemaker at Yellowtail and several distributors tell me that the wildly popular Australian label, among others, uses it.
The Great Wine Cover-up|Keith Wallace|August 18, 2009|DAILY BEAST
What becomes of these seven tons of white sea-bass and all the other tons and tons of yellowtail and albacore?
Tales of Fishes|Zane Grey

At Mæander Reef I took the first yellowtail ever caught in the islands with rod and line.
The Philippines Past and Present (Volume 2 of 2)|Dean Conant Worcester
I have seen acres of flying-fish in the air at once, and great swarms of yellowtail, basking on the surface.
Tales of Fishes|Zane Grey

British Dictionary definitions for yellowtail

yellowtail

/ (ˈjɛləʊˌteɪl) /

noun plural -tails or -tail

a carangid game fish, Seriola dorsalis, of coastal waters of S California and Mexico, having a yellow tail fin

any of various similar fishes

Also called: yellowtail moth any of various similar fishesAnother name for goldtail moth

Australian another word for yellowtail kingfish

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