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