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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail [syn: yellowtail, yellowtail snapper, Ocyurus chrysurus]
2: game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin [syn: yellowtail, Seriola dorsalis]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural yellowtail or yellowtails) Date: 1709 any of various fishes having a yellow or yellowish tail: as a. any of several carangid fishes (genus Seriola); especially a food and sport fish (S. lalandi) of the Pacific and Indian oceans having a yellow stripe along each side of the body b. silver perch a c. a snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus) that is a sport and food fish found from Massachusetts to Brazil and is olive to bluish above with yellow spots and a broad yellow stripe along each side of the body — called also yellowtail snapper

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mademoiselle Ma`de*moi`selle", n.; pl. Mesdemoiselles. [F., fr. ma my, f. of mon + demoiselle young lady. See Damsel.] 1. A French title of courtesy given to a girl or an unmarried lady, equivalent to the English Miss. --Goldsmith. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A marine food fish (Sci[ae]na chrysura), of the Southern United States; -- called also yellowtail, and silver perch.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Yellowtail Yel"low*tail`, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any one of several species of marine carangoid fishes of the genus Seriola; especially, the large California species (S. dorsalis) which sometimes weighs thirty or forty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish; -- called also cavasina, and white salmon. (b) The mademoiselle, or silver perch. (c) The menhaden. (d) The runner, 12. (e) A California rockfish (Sebastodes flavidus). (f) The sailor's choice (Diplodus rhomboides). Note: Several other fishes are also locally called yellowtail.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

9. One of the pieces on which a sled or sleigh slides; also the part or blade of a skate which slides on the ice. 10. (Founding) (a) A horizontal channel in a mold, through which the metal flows to the cavity formed by the pattern; also, the waste metal left in such a channel. (b) A trough or channel for leading molten metal from a furnace to a ladle, mold, or pig bed. 11. The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached. 12. (Zo["o]l.) A food fish (Elagatis pinnulatus) of Florida and the West Indies; -- called also skipjack, shoemaker, and yellowtail. The name alludes to its rapid successive leaps from the water. 13. (Zo["o]l.) Any cursorial bird. 14. (Mech.) (a) A movable slab or rubber used in grinding or polishing a surface of stone. (b) A tool on which lenses are fastened in a group, for polishing or grinding.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sailor Sail"or, n. One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman. Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer. Sailor's choice. (Zo["o]l.) (a) An excellent marine food fish (Diplodus, or Lagodon, rhomboides) of the Southern United States; -- called also porgy, squirrel fish, yellowtail, and salt-water bream. (b) A species of grunt (Orthopristis, or Pomadasys, chrysopterus), an excellent food fish common on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also hogfish, and pigfish.