bluefin tuna
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blue·fin tuna
(blo͞o′fĭn′)n.
Any of three very large, commercially important tunas of subtropical and temperate waters, northern bluefish tuna (Thunnus thynnus), southern bluefish tuna (T. maccoyii), and Pacific bluefish tuna (T. orientalis).
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blue′fin tu′na
(ˈbluˌfɪn)n.
a large tuna, Thunnus thynnus, common in temperate seas.
[1920–25]
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Noun | 1. | bluefin tuna - flesh of very large tuna horse mackerel, Thunnus thynnus, bluefin, bluefin tuna - largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics |
2. | bluefin tuna - largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics genus Thunnus, Thunnus - tunas: warm-blooded fishes tunny, tuna - any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters bluefin, bluefin tuna - flesh of very large tuna |
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