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BLUEFIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics
Synonyms:
bluefin; bluefin tuna; horse mackerel; Thunnus thynnus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bluefin" 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"):
bluefin; bluefin tuna (flesh of very large tuna)
Holonyms ("bluefin" is a member of...):
genus Thunnus; Thunnus (tunas: warm-blooded fishes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Flesh of very large tuna
Synonyms:
bluefin; bluefin tuna
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("bluefin" 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" 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)
