noun
may reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics
• Syn: ↑yellowfin, ↑Thunnus albacares
• Member Holonyms: ↑Thunnus, ↑genus Thunnus
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noun : either of two tunas (Neothunnus argentivittatus and N. macropterus) of the Atlantic and of the Pacific respectively that are smaller and finer fleshed than the bluefin
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/yel"oh fin'/
an important food fish, Thunnus albacares, inhabiting warm seas. Also called yellowfin.
[1935-40; YELLOW + FIN]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.