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bluefin
(ˈbluːˌfɪn) orbluefin tuna
n
(Animals) another name for tunny
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Noun | 1. | bluefin - 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 - 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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