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Noun: yellowtail  'ye-low,teyl
  1. Superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail
    - yellowtail snapper, Ocyurus chrysurus
  2. Game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin
    - Seriola dorsalis

Derived forms: yellowtails

Type of: jack, snapper

Part of: genus Ocyurus, genus Seriola, Ocyurus, Seriola

Encyclopedia: Yellowtail