English Explanatory Dictionary

bluefin tuna

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any member of genus Thunnus of tuna, having blue fins, including
  2. Any member of genus Thunnus of tuna, having blue fins, including:
  3. Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), found in both the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, and also
  4. Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), found in both the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, and also in the Mediterranean Sea.
  5. in the Mediterranean Sea.
  6. longtail tuna (Thunnus tonggol), found in tropical Indo-West Pacific waters.
  7. Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis), found widely in the northern Pacific Ocean and locally in the south.
  8. southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) of waters of the southern hemisphere.

Word forms

bluefin tuna bluefin tunas

Synonyms

northern bluefin tuna

Translations

Asturian: atún Chinese Mandarin: 藍鰭金槍魚 /蓝鳍金枪鱼 Chinese Mandarin: 藍鰭鮪魚 /蓝鳍鲔鱼 Czech: tuňák French: thon rouge Galician: atún vermello Korean: 참다랑어 Scottish Gaelic: tiùna gorm-iteach
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