Meaning

6 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)Any member of genus Thunnus of tuna, having blue fins, including

  2. Any member of genus Thunnus of tuna, having blue fins, including:

    (uncountable, usually)Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), found in both the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, and also

  3. Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), found in both the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, and also in the Mediterranean Sea.

    (uncountable, usually)In the Mediterranean Sea.

  4. Any member of genus Thunnus of tuna, having blue fins, including:

    (uncountable, usually)Longtail tuna (Thunnus tonggol), found in tropical Indo-West Pacific waters.

  5. (uncountable, usually)Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis), found widely in the northern Pacific Ocean and locally in the south.

  6. (uncountable, usually)Southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) of waters of the southern hemisphere.

More definitions
  • largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics
  • flesh of very large tuna

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Why is bluefin tuna so expensive?

    ruПочему голубой тунец такой дорогой? — marafon

  2. Bluefin tuna can live up to 40 years.

    deBlauflossenthunfische können bis zu vierzig Jahre alt werden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Bluefin tuna is always hardest to get.

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  4. Bluefin tuna always tastes best.

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

plural: bluefin tunas
Singularbluefin tuna

uncountable

Synonyms

4 synonyms
longtail tuna:northern bluefin tuna
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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