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yellowtail

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for yellowtail.

Editorial note

Using average is a poor metric when people were bringing in multiple 300lb.+ Goliath Grouper and now the emphasis is on keeping smaller food fish: Yellowtail Snapper, Grunts, etc.

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Any of various fish with yellow tails, including:

Meaning at a glance

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noun

Any of various fish with yellow tails, including:

noun

Japanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata), native to the northwest Pacific, often used in sushi, .

noun

yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for yellowtail.

Example sentences

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Using average is a poor metric when people were bringing in multiple 300lb.+ Goliath Grouper and now the emphasis is on keeping smaller food fish: Yellowtail Snapper, Grunts, etc.

2

The warmer waters can also bring tropical species, like yellowtail and albacore tuna, into areas that are normally too cold.

3

The animation effect seems to be adapted from the Yellowtail project which they cite as inspiration.

4

Actually went to Hawaii for the first time last week caught and caught few Yellowtail and skipjack tuna of the Kona coast.

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Luckily, most yellowtail production was sold in the winter market a few weeks before, so seafarmers have enough money in the bank to start again.

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I'm hoping to head out there next summer, apparently the undersea island and the wreck are incredible for spearing tuna and yellowtail.

7

I would guess the older Permit-filled photo is from the winter and the newer photo with Yellowtail Snapper and a few other smaller fish is from spring or early summer.

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I wouldn't say it's terribly uncommon, but by far the most common fish served in US sushi are: tuna (one of the red kinds), salmon, and yellowtail (+ imitation crab in rolls).

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The menu that day was teriyaki yellowtail tuna, with roasted burdock root, apple slices, tonjiru miso soup with pork, tofu, wok-fried vegetables and dashi, with Koshikihari rice from the Nagano province.

10

Serving the fish whole doesn't address the problem that most people not accustomed to being served a whole fish likely don't know what a salmon or tuna or trout or tilapia or yellowtail or what have you actually looks like, let alone be able to differentiate between them.

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> If you do the math on this (and you don’t have to because the Environmental Justice Foundation already did), you find that one saved dolphin costs 25,824 small tuna, 382 mahi-mahi, 188 wahoo, 82 yellowtail and other large fish, 27 sharks and rays, 1 billfish, 1,193 triggerfish and other small fish, and 0.06 sea turtles.

Proper noun examples

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Yellowtail tuna is increasinly farmed as well, but sure wild stocks of tuna are still getting depleted.

2

The leading brands are ones like Yellowtail, Woodbridge, Beringer, Cavit, and Sutter Home.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use yellowtail in a sentence?

Using average is a poor metric when people were bringing in multiple 300lb.+ Goliath Grouper and now the emphasis is on keeping smaller food fish: Yellowtail Snapper, Grunts, etc.

What does yellowtail mean?

Any of various fish with yellow tails, including:

What part of speech is yellowtail?

yellowtail is commonly used as noun.