yellowfin

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noun

Any of various fish with yellow fins.

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yellowfin tunaThunnus albacares
UncommonScrabble 18

Meanings

nounyellowfin (plural yellowfin or yellowfins)

plural yellowfins

  1. Any of various fish with yellow fins.

    “It’s estimated that 10,000 yellowfin gobies died … as well as hundreds of striped bass and hundreds of sturgeon,” and the bloom probably is impacting all aquatic species in the area “to some degree,” Traverso said.

    2022 September 3, Taylor Romine and Jason Hanna, “An algae bloom has killed thousands of fish in the San Francisco Bay Area”, in CNN
    1. yellowfin bream, any of several species in family Sparidae
    2. yellowfin croaker (Umbrina roncador, in family Sciaenidae)
    3. yellowfin cutthroat trout (†Oncorhynchus clarkii macdonaldi, in the family Salmonidae)
    4. yellowfin fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus flavidorsalis, in family Labridae)
    5. yellowfin grouper (Mycteroperca venenosa, in family Serranidae)
    6. yellowfin madtom (Noturus flavipinnis, in family Ictaluridae)
    7. yellow-fin perchlet (Ambassis elongatus, in family Ambassidae)
    8. yellowfin pike (Dinolestes lewini, in family Dinolestidae)
    9. yellowfin sea bream, any of several species in family Sparidae
    10. yellowfin sole (Limanda aspera)
    11. yellowfin surgeon (Acanthurus xanthopterus, in family Acanthuridae)
    12. yellowfin whiting (Sillago schomburgkii, in family Sillaginidae)

Synonyms & antonyms

nounmay reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics

Similar
yellowfin tunaThunnus albacares
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

yellowfin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellowfin

MLA

“yellowfin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellowfin. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yellowfin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellowfin.

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