bluefin tuna

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bluefin tuna

noun bluefin tunas

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.
uncountable, usually Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), found in both the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, and also
uncountable, usually in the Mediterranean Sea.
uncountable, usually longtail tuna (Thunnus tonggol), found in tropical Indo-West Pacific waters.
Similar: northern bluefin tuna
uncountable, usually Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis), found widely in the northern Pacific Ocean and locally in the south.
Similar: northern bluefin tuna
uncountable, usually southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) of waters of the southern hemisphere.

Similar: northern bluefin tuna

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Similar: northern bluefin tuna

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noun tuna species

한국어	참다랑어 chamdarang'eo
中文	藍鰭金槍魚 /蓝鳍金枪鱼 lánqíjīnqiāngyú, 藍鰭鮪魚 /蓝鳍鲔鱼 lánqíwěiyú
Français	thon rouge

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@misc{bluefin_tuna_2026,
  title = {bluefin tuna},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bluefin%20tuna},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}