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YELLOWFIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yellowfin mean?
• YELLOWFIN (noun)
The noun YELLOWFIN has 1 sense:
1. may reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics
Familiarity information: YELLOWFIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
May reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Thunnus albacares; yellowfin; yellowfin tuna
Hypernyms ("yellowfin" is a kind of...):
tuna; tunny (any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters)
Holonyms ("yellowfin" is a member of...):
genus Thunnus; Thunnus (tunas: warm-blooded fishes)
Context examples
Yellowfin tuna and skipjack tuna may shift their distribution eastward and poleward throughout the 21st century, with the potential disappearance of these species altogether from the western warm pool region.
(Pacific island fish migrating to cooler seas, SciDev.Net)
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