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PRONUNCIATION OF YELLOWFIN TUNA

yellowfin tuna  [ˈjɛləʊˌfɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF YELLOWFIN TUNA

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Yellowfin tuna is a noun.
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WHAT DOES YELLOWFIN TUNA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

yellowfin tuna

Yellowfin tuna

The yellowfin tuna is a species of tuna found in pelagic waters of tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide. Yellowfin is often marketed as ahi, from the Hawaiian ʻahi, a name also used there for the closely related bigeye tuna. The species name, albacares can also lead to confusion: in English the albacore tuna is a different species, while yellowfin is officially designated albacore in French and referred to as albacora by Portuguese fishermen.

Definition of yellowfin tuna in the English dictionary

The definition of yellowfin tuna in the dictionary is a large marine food fish, Scomber albacares, of tropical and subtropical waters, having yellow dorsal and anal fins: family Scombridae.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH YELLOWFIN TUNA


blackfin
ˈblækˌfɪn
bloodfin
ˈblʌdˌfɪn
bluefin
ˈbluːˌfɪn
bowfin
ˈbəʊˌfɪn
Ecofin
ˈɛkəʊˌfɪn
lobefin
ˈləʊbˌfɪn
redfin
ˈrɛdˌfɪn
seraphin
ˈsɛrəˌfɪn
soupfin
ˈsuːpˌfɪn
tailfin
ˈteɪlˌfɪn
threadfin
ˈθrɛdˌfɪn
yellowfin
ˈjeləʊˌfɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE YELLOWFIN TUNA

yellow-bellies
yellow-belly
yellow-card
yellow-dog contract
yellow-eye mullet
yellow-shafted flicker
yellow-yite
yellowback
yellowbark
yellowbird
yellowfin
yellowhammer
yellowhead
yellowish
yellowishness
Yellowknife
yellowlegs
yellowly
yellowness
yellows

WORDS THAT END LIKE YELLOWFIN TUNA

Arjuna
bluefin tuna
Buna
Duna
Eskilstuna
fauna
Fortuna
Kaduna
Kiruna
koruna
kuna
lacuna
laguna
long fin tuna
Luna
Nagarjuna
puna
sauna
skipjack tuna
tuna

Synonyms and antonyms of yellowfin tuna in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «yellowfin tuna» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF YELLOWFIN TUNA

Find out the translation of yellowfin tuna to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of yellowfin tuna from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «yellowfin tuna» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

黄鳍金枪鱼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

atún aleta amarilla
570 millions of speakers

English

yellowfin tuna
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Yellowfin टूना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التونة صفراء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

желтоперый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

albacora
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হলুদফিন টুনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

albacore
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tuna kuning kuning
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gelbflossenthun
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

キハダマグロ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

황 다랑어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tuna kuning
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cá ngừ vây vàng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மஞ்சள் நிற டூனா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पिवळी फुले ट्युना
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Saman kuşu orkinosu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tonno pinna gialla
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tuńczyka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

желтоперий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tonul cu aripioare galbene
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κιτρινόπτερο τόνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geelvintuna
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gulfenad tonfisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Gulfinnetun
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of yellowfin tuna

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «YELLOWFIN TUNA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about yellowfin tuna

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «YELLOWFIN TUNA»

Discover the use of yellowfin tuna in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to yellowfin tuna and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Sustainable Fishery Management Study: The Yellowfin Tuna ...
The yellowfin tuna population has been experiencing a significant decrease since far-sea fishery entered the West Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) region in the 1950s.
Kuo-Liang Chang, 2007
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Status of Interactions of Pacific Tuna Fisheries in 1995
The experiment in the first period targeted skipjack tuna and the second, yellowfin tuna. Results largely from the second experiment were used by the SPC to investigate longline-purse seine fisheries interaction. Returns from 181 large ( > 100 ...
Richard S. Shomura, Jacek Majkowski, Robert F. Harman, 1996
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Bluewater Fly Fishing
Both of us thought these questions about really large yellowfin tuna on a fly would be answered in 1994 during Rice's invitational: Royal Star was scheduled to leave from Cabo San Lucas and motor directly to "The Islands," the Revillagigedo ...
Trey Combs, 2006
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Report of the International Workshop on the Implementation ...
5.3 Yellowfin tuna Yellowfin tuna is a typical tropical tuna. Its total catches world wide have been showing a steady increase during the last 50 years but catch trends (figure 7) and the situation of yellowfin stocks are highly variable between  ...
Judith Swan, D. F. Gréboval, 2004
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The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
Except as otherwise provided in § 280.6(c) and this section, after notice has been published in the Federal Register announcing closure of the yellowfin season, it shall be unlawful for any person or fishing vessel to land yellowfin tuna ...
‎1983
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Tuna: Physiology, Ecology, and Evolution
Fishes 40, 109-124. Brill, R. W., Cousins. K. L., Jones. D. R., Bushnell. P. G., and Steffensen. J. F. (1998). Blood volume, plasma volume and circulation time in a high-energy-demand teleost. the yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares). J. Exp. Biol.
Barbara A. Block, Ernest Donald Stevens, 2001
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Offshore Pursuit: Offshore Rigging and Tactics by a ...
TUNA — YELLOWFIN Yellowfin tuna are without a doubt the bread and butter of the charter fishing fleets from the Carolinas north to Massachusetts. They are also the number one reason recreational anglers leave port each day, heading east.
John Unkart, 2012
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A Guide to the Common Sea Fishes of Southern Africa
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) Common name Worldwide - yellowfin tuna [Smith 249 15] IDENTIFYING FEATURES COLOUR, SHAPE AND SIZE This large fish has a robust, spindle-shaped body. Its back is metallic blue, changing to ...
Rudy Van der Elst, Peter Borchert, 1993
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L.S.A., List of C.F.R. Sections Affected
Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) numbers identify yellowfin tuna or yellowfin tuna products that are harvested in the ETP purse seine fishery and imported into the United States. All shipments containing tuna or tuna products imported into ...
‎2003
10
State of Selected Stocks of Tuna and Billfish in the Pacific ...
3.2 Pacific Yellowfin Tuna (Rapporteurs: Norman W. Bartoo and Ziro Suzuki) Yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares, are distributed throughout the Pacific Ocean between approximately lat . 45°N and 45°S but are most abundant between lat .
‎1980

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «YELLOWFIN TUNA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term yellowfin tuna is used in the context of the following news items.
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Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Sushi Sickens 62, CDC Reports
The outbreak was linked to a catch of frozen yellowfin tuna that had been processed in Indonesia and sold by the Osamu Corporation, according to the CDC. «ABC News, Jul 15»
2
Why Is This Fisherman Selling Threatened Bluefin Tuna For $2.99 A …
Twenty minutes before the San Diego Tuna Harbor Dockside Market was set to open, ... to clamor for his bluefin now pass on it, preferring yellowfin tuna instead. «NPR, Jun 15»
3
Could yellowfin tuna be making a comeback in South Carolina?
Yellowfin tuna catches have been non-existent off South Carolina in recent years ... There have murmurs this spring about yellowfin tunas being caught by South ... «Charleston Post Courier, May 15»
4
How oil damages fish hearts: Five years of research since the …
NOAA is using this science to conduct its Natural Resource Damage Assessment in the Gulf of Mexico, including estimating losses of bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna, ... «Phys.Org, Apr 15»
5
Mercury levels rising in Pacific yellowfin tuna, study says
Mercury levels in yellowfin tuna caught in the Pacific Ocean have been rising at a 3.8% annual rate since 1998, according to a new study. The findings ... «Los Angeles Times, Feb 15»
6
Bluefin tuna prices likely to remain stable despite cutbacks
Despite the prospect of a reduced bluefin tuna catch in the Pacific Ocean, prices of ... Bluefin tuna is three times the price of yellowfin tuna and 50 percent more ... «Asahi Shimbun, Sep 14»
7
The science behind the fish flesh rainbow
Fish flesh can run the gamut from ruby red (yellowfin tuna) to electric blue (lingcod), and NPR's The Salt blog has a handy explainer on the reasons behind those ... «The Week Magazine, Jun 14»
8
Crude Oil Causes Developmental Abnormalities in Large Marine Fish
Crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico causes severe defects in the developing hearts of bluefin and yellowfin tuna, according to a ... «NOAA, Mar 14»
9
445-pound yellowfin tuna largest ever caught on rod and reel
After several days filled with hype and speculation, as the Excel advanced toward San Diego with a monstrous yellowfin tuna aboard, the fish was weighed ... «Pete Thomas Outdoor, Dec 12»
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Potential world record yellowfin tuna caught off Cabo San Lucas …
A giant yellowfin tuna, a potential world record possibly worth $1 million, was ... and crew had been targeting huge tuna in the hope of winning a prize in the ... «Pete Thomas Outdoor, Sep 12»

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