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yellowfin(dictionary)

yellowfin (iou)



yellowfin noun & adjective. E19.
[from YELLOW adjective + FIN noun1.]
A. noun. Any of various fishes with fins that are yellow or have yellow colouring on them. E19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Having fins that are yellow or have yellow colouring on them. E20.
yellowfin croaker a shallow-water grey-green game-fish, Umbrina roncador, of the southern Californian coast. yellowfin sole a flatfish of the N. Pacific, Limanda aspera, caught for food esp. in the Bering Sea. yellowfin tuna a tuna, Thunnus albacares, which is found in all warm and tropical seas and is fished extensively for food.