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bluefin tuna

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blue·fin tuna  (blfn)
n.
A very large tuna (Thunnus thynnus) of temperate waters. It is an important commercial and eating variety.
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Noun1.bluefin tuna - flesh of very large tuna
bluefin
horse mackerel, Thunnus thynnus, bluefin, bluefin tuna - largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics
tuna fish, tunny, tuna - important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
2.bluefin tunabluefin tuna - largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics
horse mackerel, Thunnus thynnus, bluefin
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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