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yellowtail n. 师鱼之类 师鱼之类 yellowtail n 1: superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail [ synonym: { yellowtail}, { yellowtail snapper}, { Ocyurus chrysurus}] 2: game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin [ synonym: { yellowtail}, { Seriola dorsalis}] Runner \ Run" ner\, n. [ From { Run}.] 1. One who, or that which, runs; a racer. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A detective. [ Slang, Eng.] -- Dickens. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A messenger. -- Swift. [ 1913 Webster] 4. A smuggler. [ Colloq.] -- R. North. [ 1913 Webster] 5. One employed to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat, hotel, shop, etc. [ Cant, U. S.] [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 7. The rotating stone of a set of millstones. [ 1913 Webster] 8. ( Naut.) A rope rove through a block and used to increase the mechanical power of a tackle. -- Totten. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 11. The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 13. ( Zool.) Any cursorial bird. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer. [ 1913 Webster] { 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. [ 1913 Webster] 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}). [ 1913 Webster] Note: Several other fishes are also locally called yellowtail. [ 1913 Webster]
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