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Meaning of Yellowfin | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Any of various fish with yellow fins.
  2. especially, yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares, in family Scombridae)
  3. yellowfin bream, any of several species in family Sparidae
  4. yellowfin croaker (Umbrina roncador, in family Sciaenidae)
  5. yellowfin cutthroat trout (†Oncorhynchus clarkii macdonaldi, in the family Salmonidae)
  6. yellowfin fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus flavidorsalis, in family Labridae)
  7. yellowfin grouper (Mycteroperca venenosa, in family Serranidae)
  8. yellowfin madtom (Noturus flavipinnis, in family Ictaluridae)
  9. yellow-fin perchlet (Ambassis elongatus, in family Ambassidae)
  10. yellowfin pike (Dinolestes lewini, in family Dinolestidae)
  11. yellowfin sea bream, any of several species in family Sparidae
  12. yellowfin sole (Limanda aspera)
  13. yellowfin surgeon (Acanthurus xanthopterus, in family Acanthuridae)
  14. yellowfin whiting (Sillago schomburgkii, in family Sillaginidae)

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Examples

““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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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