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bluefin
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bluefin [ˈbluːˌfɪn], bluefin tuna
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for tunny
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Noun1.bluefin - flesh of very large tuna
bluefin 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
tuna fish, tunny, tuna - important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
2.bluefinbluefin - largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics
horse mackerel, Thunnus thynnus, bluefin tuna
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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The greater mobility of bluefins is just one insight to come from a new generation of fish-tagging experiments, explains Barbara A.
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According to Safina, Japan is the largest consumer of bluefins.
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Roecker, who caught two bluefins on Tuesday, said the blues are in the 20- to 40-pound range, the albies, or longfins, are 15-20 pounds and the yellowtails are 2-20 pounds with the majority, known as firecrackers, weighing in at 10 pounds or less.
FROM THE FIELD: SAN DIEGO TUNA ARE `EXTRAORDINARY' by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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