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YELLOWTAIL SNAPPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yellowtail snapper mean? 

YELLOWTAIL SNAPPER (noun)
  The noun YELLOWTAIL SNAPPER has 1 sense:

1. superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tailplay

  Familiarity information: YELLOWTAIL SNAPPER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


YELLOWTAIL SNAPPER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ocyurus chrysurus; yellowtail; yellowtail snapper

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

snapper (any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters)

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

genus Ocyurus; Ocyurus (snappers)


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