yellowfin

Questions about yellowfin

What does yellowfin mean?

yellowfin means "may reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics".

How many syllables are in yellowfin?

yellowfin has 3 syllables and divides as yel-low-fin under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for yellowfin?

Close synonyms include yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is yellowfin a common word?

yellowfin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.