Yellowtail

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Runner \Run"ner\, n. [From {Run}.]
     1. One who, or that which, runs; a racer.
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     2. A detective. [Slang, Eng.] --Dickens.
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     3. A messenger. --Swift.
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     4. A smuggler. [Colloq.] --R. North.
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     5. One employed to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat,
        hotel, shop, etc. [Cant, U.S.]
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     6. (Bot.) A slender trailing branch which takes root at the
        joints or end and there forms new plants, as in the
        strawberry and the common cinquefoil.
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     7. The rotating stone of a set of millstones.
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     8. (Naut.) A rope rove through a block and used to increase
        the mechanical power of a tackle. --Totten.
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     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.
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     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.
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     11. The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are
         attached.
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     12. (Zool.) 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.
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     13. (Zool.) Any cursorial bird.
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer.
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     {Sailor's choice}. (Zool.)
     (a) An excellent marine food fish ({Diplodus rhomboides},
         syn. {Lagodon rhomboides}) of the Southern United States;
         -- called also {porgy}, {squirrel fish}, {yellowtail},
         and {salt-water bream}.
     (b) A species of grunt ({Orthopristis chrysopterus} syn.
         {Pomadasys chrysopterus}), an excellent food fish common
         on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called
         also {hogfish}, and {pigfish}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. (Zool.) A marine food fish ({Sciaena chrysura}), of the
        Southern United States; -- called also {yellowtail}, and
        {silver perch}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Yellowtail \Yel"low*tail`\, n. (Zool.)
     (a) Any one of several species of marine carangoid fishes of
         the genus {Seriola}; especially, the large California
         species ({Seriola 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}).
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     Note: Several other fishes are also locally called
           yellowtail.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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