yel·low·tail /ˈjɛloˌtel, ˈjɛlə-/
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Yel·low·tail n. Zool. (a) Any one of several species of marine carangoid fishes of the genus Seriola; especially, the large California species (Seriola dorsalis) which sometimes weighs thirty or forty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish; -- called also cavasina, and white salmon. (b) The mademoiselle, or silver perch. (c) The menhaden. (d) The runner, 12. (e) A California rockfish (Sebastodes flavidus). (f) The sailor's choice (Diplodus rhomboides).
Note: ☞ Several other fishes are also locally called yellowtail.
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yellowtail
n 1: superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean
with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail
[syn: yellowtail snapper, Ocyurus chrysurus]
2: game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow
tail fin [syn: Seriola dorsalis]