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yellowtail noun & adjective. E17.
[from YELLOW adjective + TAIL noun1.]
A. noun.
An earthworm with a yellow tail. Only in 17.
Any of various marine fishes with a tail that is yellow or has yellow colouring on it; esp. (a) a large carangid game-fish of the genus Seriola (cf. amberjack s.v. AMBER adjective); (b) a trevally or kingfish of the genus Caranx; (c) a small estuarine carangid, Trachurus novaezelandiae, found in Australasian waters; (d) = MADEMOISELLE 4. E18.
A white European moth, Euproctis similis (family Lymantriidae), which has a yellow tip to the abdomen. M18.
A female or an immature male of the American redstart, Setophaga ruticilla, marked by yellow patches on the tail. N. Amer. Now rare. L18.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Having a yellow tail. L18.
Special collocations & comb.: yellowtail damselfish, yellowtail demoiselle a tropical Atlantic damselfish, Microspathodon chrysurus, which has a dark body and a contrasting bright yellow tail. yellowtail flounder a right-eye flounder of the NW Atlantic, Limanda ferruginea, which is yellowish with reddish-brown spots and was formerly an important food fish; also called rusty dab. yellowtail kingfish a large carangid game-fish, Seriola grandis, of Australasian waters. yellowtail rockfish a scorpaenid food fish, Sebastes flavidus, found off the Pacific coast of N. America. yellowtail scad = sense A.2(c) above. yellowtail snapper a large snapper fish of the tropical Atlantic, Ocyurus chrysurus, which has a yellow lateral stripe merging with a yellow tail, and is a popular food and game-fish. yellowtail warbler (now rare) = sense A.4 above.