yellowtail

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adjective

Having a yellow tail.

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burihamachiJapanese amberjackyellowtail snapperOcyurus chrysurusSeriola dorsalis
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Meanings

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adjectiveyellowtail (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving a yellow tail.
nounyellowtail (plural yellowtails or yellowtail)

plural yellowtails

  1. Any of various fish with yellow tails, including:
    1. yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi).
    2. Japanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata), native to the northwest Pacific, often used in sushi, .

      Synonyms: buri, hamachi, Japanese amberjack

    3. Atlantic bumper (Chloroscombrus chrysurus).
    4. yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea).
    5. yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus).
    6. whitespotted devil (Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus).
    7. yellowtail horse mackerel (Trachurus novaezelandiae).
  2. A European moth (Euproctis similis)
  3. A yellow-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus), a large cockatoo native to the south-east of Australia.
  4. A yellow-tailed oriole (Icterus mesomelas), a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae.
  5. A yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Oreonax flavicauda), a New World primate endemic to Peru.

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proper nounYellowtail (plural Yellowtails)

plural Yellowtails

  1. A surname from Crow.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounJapanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata), native to the northwest Pacific, often used in sushi, .

Similar
burihamachiJapanese amberjack

More synonyms by meaning

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

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yellowtail snapperOcyurus chrysurus
Broader
snapper

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

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Seriola dorsalis
Broader
jack

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

yellowtail · adjective, noun

Bahuvrihi compound of yellow + tail

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Yellowtail · proper noun

Calque from Crow.

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Cite this entry
APA

yellowtail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellowtail

MLA

“yellowtail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellowtail. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yellowtail,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellowtail.

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