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yellowtail
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yellowtail
(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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yellowtail
(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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yellowtail
(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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Yellowtail
(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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yellowtail
(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, yellowtail snapper, {Ocyurus
chrysurus}]
2: game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow
tail fin [syn: yellowtail, Seriola dorsalis] |
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yellowtail flounder
(encz) | yellowtail flounder, n: |
yellowtail snapper
(encz) | yellowtail snapper, n: |
Yellowtail
(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.
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster]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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Yellow-tailed shad
(gcide) | Shad \Shad\ (sh[a^]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of
fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a
herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a
fish.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring
family. The American species (Alosa sapidissima formerly
Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic
coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an
important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose
(Alosa alosa formerly Clupea alosa), and the twaite shad
(Alosa finta formerly Clupea finta), are less important
species. [Written also chad.]
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Note: The name is loosely applied, also, to several other
fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under Gizzard),
called also mud shad, white-eyed shad, and {winter
shad}.
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Hardboaded shad, or Yellow-tailed shad, the menhaden.
Hickory shad, or Tailor shad, the mattowacca.
Long-boned shad, one of several species of important food
fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus
Gerres.
Shad bush (Bot.), a name given to the North American shrubs
or small trees of the rosaceous genus Amelanchier
(Amelanchier Canadensis, and Amelanchier alnifolia).
Their white racemose blossoms open in April or May, when
the shad appear, and the edible berries (pomes) ripen in
June or July, whence they are called Juneberries. The
plant is also called service tree, and Juneberry.
Shad frog, an American spotted frog (Rana halecina); --
so called because it usually appears at the time when the
shad begin to run in the rivers.
Trout shad, the squeteague.
White shad, the common shad.
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yellowtail flounder
(wn) | yellowtail flounder
n 1: flesh of American flounder having a yellowish tail
2: American flounder having a yellowish tail [syn: {yellowtail
flounder}, Limanda ferruginea] |
yellowtail snapper
(wn) | yellowtail snapper
n 1: superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean
with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail
[syn: yellowtail, yellowtail snapper, {Ocyurus
chrysurus}] |
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