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: yel-low-fin. The stress falls on "yel".

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.