yellowfin

Examples

• All

• About 40 percent of the yellowfin tuna caught in the Indian Ocean come from the Seychelles' EEZ.

  Academic text (1990)

• During our fishing trip, we were excited to catch a yellowfin tuna, known for its striking yellow fins and delicious meat.

• Orstrom recently completed studies on yellowfin reproduction and tuna stock assessments.

  Academic text (1990)

• Morgan had handled the wire on small sails and yellowfin tuna.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The catch proportion of skipjack was also unusual for this time of year, when yellowfin is normally the predominant species.

  Academic text (1990)

• Since the early 1960s, yellowfin sole catches have been mainly utilized for human consumption.

  Academic text (1992)

• Longliner transshipments of tuna for 1988, mostly yellowfin, bigeye, marlin, and shark, were 12,103 t, down 14 percent from 1987.

  Academic text (1990)

• At the seafood market, the yellowfin tuna was the highlight, drawing customers with its vibrant color and high quality.

Synonyms

T

tuna

vsyellowfin

213 1.0

A large, fast sea fish often eaten fresh or canned

is specific to a single species with yellowish fins

T

tuna fish

vsyellowfin

24 1.0

A large sea fish that people often eat fresh, grilled or canned

is narrower, referring to one species rather than the whole genus

Y

yellowfin tuna

vsyellowfin

2 3.8

A large tuna fish with yellow fins that lives in warm oceans

is the shorter form omitting the second noun

T

Thunnus albacares

vsyellowfin

• Specialized

8.2

A large fast tuna that eats smaller fish and lives in warm oceans

is the common, shorter name used in ordinary speech

Compounds

Y

yellowfin tuna

2 3.8

A large tuna fish with yellow fins that lives in warm oceans

Y

yellowfin croaker

• US

9.3

A fish with yellow fins that makes a croaking sound and lives off the Pacific coast of North America

Y

yellowfin mojarra

• US

9.8

A small silver fish often caught and fried for food

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology