yellowfin tuna
[
yel
-oh-fin]
/ˈyɛl oʊˌfɪn/
noun
1.
an important food fish,
Thunnus albacares,
inhabiting warm seas.
Also called
yellowfin
.
Origin
1935-40;
yellow
+
fin
Examples from the web for
yellowfin tuna
Its cousin,
yellowfin tuna
, has begun to shrink-the first sign of a population crashing due to overfishing.
yellowfin tuna
may jump out of the holding tanks and are especially prone to do this during feeding.
Initial results to determine the feasibility of using lidar to detect
yellowfin tuna
were inconclusive.
Fishermen catching
yellowfin tuna
by pole and line fishing.
The
yellowfin tuna
, dolphin, and wahoo fishery exploded over the weekend.
British Dictionary definitions for
yellowfin tuna
yellowfin tuna
/
ˈjɛləʊˌfɪn
/
noun
1.
a large marine food fish,
Scomber albacares
, of tropical and subtropical waters, having yellow dorsal and anal fins: family
Scombridae