yellowfin
Etymology
From yellow + fin.
yellowfin means Any of various fish with yellow fins. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.
noun
- 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.”
- Any of various fish with yellow fins.; especially, yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares, in family Scombridae)
- Any of various fish with yellow fins.; yellowfin bream, any of several species in family Sparidae
- Any of various fish with yellow fins.; yellowfin croaker (Umbrina roncador, in family Sciaenidae)
- Any of various fish with yellow fins.; yellowfin cutthroat trout (†Oncorhynchus clarkii macdonaldi, in the family Salmonidae)
- Any of various fish with yellow fins.; yellowfin fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus flavidorsalis, in family Labridae)