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noun
Any member of genus Thunnus of tuna, having blue fins, including
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any member of genus Thunnus of tuna, having blue fins, including:
Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), found in both the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, and also
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noun
Any member of genus Thunnus of tuna, having blue fins, including:
Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), found in both the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, and also in the Mediterranean Sea.
in the Mediterranean Sea.
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noun
Any member of genus Thunnus of tuna, having blue fins, including:
longtail tuna (Thunnus tonggol), found in tropical Indo-West Pacific waters.
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noun
Any member of genus Thunnus of tuna, having blue fins, including:
Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis), found widely in the northern Pacific Ocean and locally in the south.
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noun
Any member of genus Thunnus of tuna, having blue fins, including:
southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) of waters of the southern hemisphere.
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noun
largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bluefin, horse mackerel, Thunnus thynnus
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Broader terms: tuna, tunny
noun
flesh of very large tuna
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bluefin
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Broader terms: tuna, tuna fish, tunny
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