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YELLOWTAIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin
Synonyms:
Seriola dorsalis; yellowtail
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("yellowtail" is a kind of...):
jack (any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas)
Holonyms ("yellowtail" is a member of...):
genus Seriola; Seriola (a genus of Carangidae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail
Synonyms:
Ocyurus chrysurus; yellowtail; yellowtail snapper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("yellowtail" is a kind of...):
snapper (any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters)
Holonyms ("yellowtail" is a member of...):
genus Ocyurus; Ocyurus (snappers)
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