Bible Dictionaries
Yellowtail

Webster's Dictionary

(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 menhaden.

(3):

(n.) The mademoiselle, or silver perch.

(4):

(n.) The runner, 12.

(5):

(n.) A California rockfish (Sebastodes flavidus).

(6):

(n.) The sailor's choice (Diplodus rhomboides).

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Yellowtail'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​y/yellowtail.html. 1828.