Word Meaning

Meaning of yellowtail

- 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.
- The mademoiselle, or silver perch.
- The menhaden.
- The runner, 12.
- A California rockfish (Sebastodes flavidus).
- The sailor's choice (Diplodus rhomboides).