YELLOWTAIL

n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.

2.
n.

The mademoiselle, or silver perch.

3.
n.

The menhaden.

4.
n.

The runner, 12.

5.
n.

A California rockfish (Sebastodes flavidus).

6.
n.

The sailor's choice (Diplodus rhomboides).