yellowtail

Etymology

Bahuvrihi compound of yellow + tail

adj

1. (in the names of certain organisms) Having a yellow tail.

noun

1. Yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi).
2. A fish native to the northwest Pacific, often used in sushi, the Japanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata).
3. Any of various fish with yellow tails, including:
   1. Atlantic bumper (Chloroscombrus chrysurus).
   2. yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea).
   3. yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus).
   4. whitespotted devil (Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus).
   5. yellowtail horse mackerel (Trachurus novaezelandiae).
4. A European moth (Euproctis similis)
5. A yellow-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus), a large cockatoo native to the south-east of Australia.
6. A yellow-tailed oriole (Icterus mesomelas), a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae.
7. A yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Oreonax flavicauda), a New World primate endemic to Peru.