yellowtail
yellowtail adjective: having a yellow tail.
Adjective
yellowtail (not comparable)
- Having a yellow tail.
Noun
yellowtail (plural yellowtails or yellowtail)
- yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi).
- Japanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata), native to the northwest Pacific, often used in sushi, .
- Synonyms:
- buri, hamachi, Japanese amberjack
- Atlantic bumper (Chloroscombrus chrysurus).
- yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea).
- yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus).
- whitespotted devil (Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus).
- 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.
Proper noun capitalized: Yellowtail
Yellowtail (plural Yellowtails)
- A surname from Crow.
yellowtail meaning in Tamil
yellowtail in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்
Synonyms of yellowtail
Forms of yellowtail
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | yellowtails |
| plural | yellowtail |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Yellowtails |
Origin of yellowtail
Bahuvrihi compound of yellow + tail
Calque from Crow.
Words formed from yellowtail
- yellowtail amberjack
- yellowtail barracuda
- yellowtail cribo
- yellowtail flounder
- yellowtail horse mackerel
- yellowtail reef fish
- yellowtail scad
- yellowtail snapper
Phrases with yellowtail
Questions about yellowtail
- What does yellowtail mean?
- Yellowtail means having a yellow tail.
- What is yellowtail in Tamil?
- Yellowtail in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Yellowtail meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is yellowtail?
- Yellowtail can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
Words near yellowtail in the dictionary
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