BLUEFIN TUNA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bluefin tuna mean? 

• BLUEFIN TUNA (noun)
  The noun BLUEFIN TUNA has 2 senses:

1. flesh of very large tuna

2. largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics

  Familiarity information: BLUEFIN TUNA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLUEFIN TUNA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flesh of very large tuna

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

bluefin; bluefin tuna

Hypernyms ("bluefin tuna" is a kind of...):

tuna; tuna fish; tunny (important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks)

Holonyms ("bluefin tuna" is a part of...):

bluefin; bluefin tuna; horse mackerel; Thunnus thynnus (largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bluefin; bluefin tuna; horse mackerel; Thunnus thynnus

Hypernyms ("bluefin tuna" is a kind of...):

tuna; tunny (any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters)

Meronyms (parts of "bluefin tuna"):

bluefin; bluefin tuna (flesh of very large tuna)

Holonyms ("bluefin tuna" is a member of...):

genus Thunnus; Thunnus (tunas: warm-blooded fishes)

 Context examples 

Add another item to the ever-growing list of the dangerous impacts of climate change: Warming oceans are leading to an increase of the harmful neurotoxicant methylmercury in popular seafood, including cod, Atlantic bluefin tuna and swordfish, according to research led by researchers at Harvard University.

(Mercury levels in fish are on the rise, National Science Foundation)

These animals include jaguars, Spix's macaws, harpy eagles, vinaceous-breasted amazons, crowned solitary eagles, hawksbill turtles, green turtles, tarantulas, Amazon false coral snakes, Brazilian green racer snakes, cream-colored woodpeckers, blue spiny starfish, sharks, seahorses, piaba fish, sawfish, bluefin tuna, brown howler monkeys.

(Over 300 animal species threatened in Bahia, Agência Brasil)