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  • noun Plural form of yellowtail.

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Examples

  • Since the Mexican government has re-allowed long-liners back into the Sea of Cortez, the outlook has turned bleak for the once-prolific populations of dorado, yellowtails, AJs, marlin, and roosterfish.

    East Cape Doomed? Tim Romano 2007

  • Yellowtail: Maybe one of the better yellowtails I have had. fresh, nice texture and flavor.

    Archive 2009-09-01 TheNewDiner 2009

  • Yellowtail: Maybe one of the better yellowtails I have had. fresh, nice texture and flavor.

    Sushi Go 55 TheNewDiner 2009

  • When the tide had begun to recede from his boulder that evening, he splashed out to it again and was rewarded with several yellowtails of respectable size.

    Dragon Drums McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1979

  • When the tide had begun to recede from his boulder that evening, he splashed out to it again and was rewarded with several yellowtails of respectable size.

    Dragon Drums McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1979

  • Suddenly they swam right into a big school of fishes, all yellowtails and of very large size.

    The Sea Fairies 1887

  • Their precarious life seemed to concern the yellowtails very little, if at all.

    Sailing Alone Around the World Joshua Slocum 1877

  • One day, after it had been off some hours, it returned in company with three yellowtails, a sort of cousin to the dolphin.

    Sailing Alone Around the World Joshua Slocum 1877

  • Our decompression lasted for a little over half an hour, and we were followed all the way to the surface by a school of yellowtails.

    Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes 2010

  • Long leaders for the bigger snapper or chicken rigs fished on top of the reef for the verms, lanes and yellowtails.

    tcpalm.com Stories 2010

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