Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yellowfin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables: yel-lowfin
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various fish with yellow fins.

noun

Any of various fish with yellow fins.

noun

Any of various fish with yellow fins.

noun

Any of various fish with yellow fins.

noun

Any of various fish with yellow fins.

noun

Any of various fish with yellow fins.

noun

Any of various fish with yellow fins.

noun

Any of various fish with yellow fins.

Example Sentences

"“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."

Etymology

From yellow + fin.

Inflected Forms

yellowfins (plural)

Synonyms

yellowfin tuna thunnus albacares

Questions

What does yellowfin mean?: Any of various fish with yellow fins.
Where does yellowfin come from?: From yellow + fin.

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