bluefin tuna

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A very large tuna (Thunnus thynnus) of temperate waters. It is an important commercial and eating variety.

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Noun	1.	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 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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bluefin genus Thunnus horse mackerel Thunnus Thunnus thynnus tuna tuna fish tunny			Top French chefs this week pledged to keep bluefin tuna and other threatened fish species off the menu, whatever the cost. Top French chefs take bluefin tuna off the menu by AFP / AFP Global Edition Environmentalists warn that bluefin tuna faces the threat of extinction because of overfishing and want its trade banned by CITES, an international body that sets rules against illegal wildlife trade. Japan hails bluefin tuna quota cuts by AFP / AFP Asian Edition The statement issued Wednesday came after Monaco this week formally proposed a ban in international trade in Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna with the aim to have the proposal adopted in March. U.S. calling for control on int'l trade of bluefin tuna by Asian Economic News			blue-violet blue-water blue-white blue-winged teal Blueback blueback salmon bluebeard bluebeat bluebell blueberry blueberry bush blueberry pie blueberry root blueberry yogurt bluebill bluebird bluebonnet bluebook bluebottle Bluebreast bluebush Bluecap bluecoat bluecurls bluefin bluefin tuna bluefish bluegill Bluegown Bluegrass Bluegrass Country Bluegrass Region Bluegrass State Bluegrass Stater bluehead blueing blueish bluejack oak bluejacket bluejay blueline Bluely blueness bluenose bluepoint Bluepoll blueprint blueprint paper blues blues-rock blueschist			Bluechip shares Bluechip shares Bluechips Bluechips Bluechips bluecoat bluecoated Bluecoats bluecomb BlueCore Serial Protocol Bluecrest Capital Management, Ltd. Bluecross Blueshield North Carolina BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee BlueCross BlueShield of the Rochester Area bluecurls blued blued blued blued BlueDragon Bluefield Bluefield College Bluefield State College Bluefield, WV, USA Bluefields Bluefields Indian and Caribbean University Bluefields Peoples' Community Association Bluefields, Nicaragua Bluefields, Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur bluefin bluefin tuna Bluefin Tuna Statistical Document bluefins Bluefire bluefish bluefish bluefish bluefishes bluefishes Bluefly Inc. BLUEFOR Bluegene bluegill bluegill bluegill bluegill bluegills bluegills Bluegown bluegrass bluegrass bluegrass Bluegrass (grass) Bluegrass (grass) Bluegrass (grass) Bluegrass (music) Bluegrass and Country Music Association of Italy Bluegrass and Old Time Music Association of North Dakota Bluegrass Area Music Teachers Association Bluegrass Association of Southern California Bluegrass band

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