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tuna | yellowtail |

As a proper noun tuna

is .

As an adjective yellowtail is

having a yellow tail.

As a noun yellowtail is

yellowtail amberjack, seriola lalandi .

tuna

English

Etymology 1

From American Spanish alteration of the (etyl) , "I rush, dart along"). (en)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.
  • The edible flesh of the tuna.
    • Synonyms
    * tuna fish, tunny

    See also

    * (wikipedia) * (Thunnus)

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) (wikipedia tuna)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia .
  • The fruit of the cactus.

    • See also

    * (l) * (projectlink) * (Opuntia)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    yellowtail

    English

    (wikipedia yellowtail)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having a yellow tail.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • yellowtail amberjack, Seriola lalandi .
  • A fish native to the northwest Pacific, often used in sushi, the Japanese amberjack, .
  • Any of various fish with yellow tails, including:
  • # (Atlantic bumper), .
  • # (yellowtail flounder), .
  • # (yellowtail snapper), .
  • # (whitespotted devil),
  • # (yellowtail horse mackerel), .
  • A European moth
  • The yellow-tailed black cockatoo, a large cockatoo native to the south-east of Australia.
  • The (yellow-tailed oriole), a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae.
  • The (yellow-tailed woolly monkey), a New World primate endemic to Peru.

    • Synonyms

    * (buri) * hamachi * Japanese amberjack

    Derived terms

    * yellowtail amberjack * (yellowtail flounder) * (yellowtail horse mackerel) * (yellowtail snapper)