Dictionary

bluefin tuna en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Any member of genus Thunnus of tuna, having blue fins, including
   • The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […] But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] ”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
2. (uncountable, usually) 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
3. (uncountable, usually) 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.
4. (uncountable, usually) Any member of genus Thunnus of tuna, having blue fins, including: ▸ longtail tuna (Thunnus tonggol), found in tropical Indo-West Pacific waters.
5. (uncountable, usually) 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.
6. (uncountable, usually) Any member of genus Thunnus of tuna, having blue fins, including: ▸ southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) of waters of the southern hemisphere.

Forms

Synonyms

northern bluefin tuna (Pacific bluefin tuna) · northern bluefin tuna (Atlantic bluefin tuna) · northern bluefin tuna (longtail tuna)

Translations (8)

cmn 藍鰭鮪魚 /蓝鳍鲔鱼 (tuna species) · ko 참다랑어 (tuna species) · cmn 藍鰭金槍魚 /蓝鳍金枪鱼 (tuna species) · gd tiùna gorm-iteach (tuna species) · gl atún vermello (tuna species) · cs tuňák (tuna species) · fr thon rouge (tuna species) · ast atún (tuna species)