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yellowtail.

Having a yellow tail.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Having a yellow tail.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Bahuvrihi compound of yellow + tail

noun
  1. Any of various fish with yellow tails, including: yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi).

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

  3. Any of various fish with yellow tails, including: Atlantic bumper (Chloroscombrus chrysurus).

  4. Any of various fish with yellow tails, including: yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea).

  5. Any of various fish with yellow tails, including: yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus).

  6. Any of various fish with yellow tails, including: whitespotted devil (Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus).

  7. Any of various fish with yellow tails, including: yellowtail horse mackerel (Trachurus novaezelandiae).

  8. A European moth (Euproctis similis)

  9. A yellow-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus), a large cockatoo native to the south-east of Australia.

  10. A yellow-tailed oriole (Icterus mesomelas), a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae.

  11. A yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Oreonax flavicauda), a New World primate endemic to Peru.

Where this word comes from

Bahuvrihi compound of yellow + tail

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