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yellowtail

noun

Meaning

  1. Yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi).
  2. A fish native to the northwest Pacific, often used in sushi, the Japanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata).
  3. Any of various fish with yellow tails, including:
  4. A European moth (Euproctis similis)
  5. The yellow-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus), a large cockatoo native to the south-east of Australia.
  6. The yellow-tailed oriole (Icterus mesomelas), a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae.
  7. Having a yellow tail.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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