YELLOWTAIL FLOUNDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yellowtail flounder mean? 

• YELLOWTAIL FLOUNDER (noun)
  The noun YELLOWTAIL FLOUNDER has 2 senses:

1. flesh of American flounder having a yellowish tail

2. American flounder having a yellowish tail

  Familiarity information: YELLOWTAIL FLOUNDER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YELLOWTAIL FLOUNDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flesh of American flounder having a yellowish tail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("yellowtail flounder" is a kind of...):

flounder (flesh of any of various American and European flatfish)

Holonyms ("yellowtail flounder" is a part of...):

Limanda ferruginea; yellowtail flounder (American flounder having a yellowish tail)

Sense 2

Meaning:

American flounder having a yellowish tail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Limanda ferruginea; yellowtail flounder

Hypernyms ("yellowtail flounder" is a kind of...):

righteye flounder; righteyed flounder (flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head)

Meronyms (parts of "yellowtail flounder"):

yellowtail flounder (flesh of American flounder having a yellowish tail)

Holonyms ("yellowtail flounder" is a member of...):

genus Limanda; Limanda (a genus of Pleuronectidae; righteye flounders having a humped nose and small scales; the underside is often brightly colored)