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Yellowtail   Listen
noun
Yellowtail  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.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Yellowtail" Quotes from Famous Books



... and Cap'n Bill started out toward the bluff. The air was soft and warm and the sun turned the edges of the waves into sparkling diamonds. Across the bay the last of the fisherboats was speeding away out to sea, for well the fishermen knew this was an ideal day to catch rockbass, barracuda and yellowtail. ...
— The Sea Fairies • L. Frank Baum



Words linked to "Yellowtail" :   Ocyurus, jack, snapper, Seriola, Seriola dorsalis, genus Seriola, yellowtail snapper, Ocyurus chrysurus



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