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yellowfin tuna

yellowfin tuna noun: an edible species of tuna, Thunnus albacares, found especially in tropical seas.

yellowfin tuna: an edible species of tuna, Thunnus albacares, found especially in tropical seas
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Noun

yellowfin tuna (countable and uncountable, plural yellowfin tunas)

  1. (uncountable) An edible species of tuna, Thunnus albacares, found especially in tropical seas.
    • The experiment in the first period targeted skipjack tuna and the second, yellowfin tuna.1996, Gary T. Sakagawa, “Western Pacific Yellowfin Tuna Research Group Findings on Tuna Fisheries Interactions”, in Richard S. Shomura, Jacek Majkowski, Robert F. Harman, editors, Status of...
    • During the daytime, skipjack and yellowfin tunas occasionally exhibited repetitive bounce-dive foraging behavior well below the thermocline to depths of the deep scattering layer, between 225 and 400 m.2009, Kurt M. Schaefer, Daniel W. Fuller, Barbara A. Block, Vertical Movements and Habitat Utilization of Skipjack (Katsuwonis pelamis), Yellowfin (Thunnus albacares), and Bigeye (Thunnus obesus)...
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yellowfin tuna meaning in Tamil, Tagalog and Indonesian

yellowfin tuna in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

yellowfin tuna in Tagalog

edible species of tuna
tambakol

yellowfin tuna in Indonesian

edible species of tuna
madidihang
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Dhivehi
ރީނދޫ އުރަހަ ކަންނެލި rīⁿdū uraha kan̊neli

Synonyms of yellowfin tuna

Forms of yellowfin tuna

pluralyellowfin tunas

Questions about yellowfin tuna

What does yellowfin tuna mean?
Yellowfin tuna means an edible species of tuna, Thunnus albacares, found especially in tropical seas.
What is yellowfin tuna in Tamil?
Yellowfin tuna in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Yellowfin tuna meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is yellowfin tuna?
Yellowfin tuna is a noun.
What is the plural of yellowfin tuna?
The plural of yellowfin tuna is yellowfin tunas.

Words near yellowfin tuna in the dictionary

  1. yellowface
  2. yellowfacing
  3. yellowfin
  4. yellowfin sole
  5. yellowfin soles
  6. yellowfin tuna
  7. yellowfin tunas
  8. yellowfins
  9. yellowfish
  10. yellowfishes
  11. Yellowhair

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