yellowtail.
Having a yellow tail.
Meaning & usage
Having a yellow tail.
Where this word comes from
Bahuvrihi compound of yellow + tail
Any of various fish with yellow tails, including: yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi).
Any of various fish with yellow tails, including: Japanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata), native to the northwest Pacific, often used in sushi, .
Any of various fish with yellow tails, including: Atlantic bumper (Chloroscombrus chrysurus).
Any of various fish with yellow tails, including: yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea).
Any of various fish with yellow tails, including: yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus).
Any of various fish with yellow tails, including: whitespotted devil (Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus).
Any of various fish with yellow tails, including: yellowtail horse mackerel (Trachurus novaezelandiae).
A European moth (Euproctis similis)
A yellow-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus), a large cockatoo native to the south-east of Australia.
A yellow-tailed oriole (Icterus mesomelas), a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae.
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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