bluefin tuna

2 definitions found

bluefin tuna - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tuna \Tu"na\, n. [Cf. Tunny.]
     1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes
        belonging to the mackerel family Scombridae, especially
        the bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, formerly Orcynus  thynnus
         or Albacora thynnus), called also the common  tunny
         or great tunny, a native of the Mediterranean Sea
        and of temperate parts of the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes
        weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is caught
        commercially in large quantity for use as food; -- also
        called, especially in Britain, tunny. It is also one of
        the favorite fishes used by the Japanese in preparing
        sushi. On the American coast, especially in New England,
        it is sometimes called the horse mackerel. Another
        well-known species is the yellowfin tuna (Thunnus  albacares
        ) of warm seas. the See Illust. of Horse  mackerel
        , under Horse.
  
     Note: The little tunny (Gymnosarda alletterata) of the
           Mediterranean and North Atlantic, and the long-finned
           tunny, or albacore (Thunnus alalunga) (see
           Albacore), are related species of smaller size.
           [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     2. The bonito, 2.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. the meat of the tuna, used as food; -- also called tuna  fish
        .
        [PJC]

bluefin tuna - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bluefin tuna
      n 1: flesh of very large tuna [syn: bluefin, bluefin tuna]
      2: largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed
         in polar regions but breed in tropics [syn: bluefin,
         bluefin tuna, horse mackerel, Thunnus thynnus]