bluefin tuna
noun
blue·fin tuna
ˈblü-ˌfin- 
: a very large tuna (Thunnus thynnus) that is an important food and game fish
called also bluefin
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The chef José Pizarro buzzes through the covered market in Barbate at speed–past flamenco buskers holding their guitars up to their chins, and pomegranates, dragon fruit, and crab’s feet—making a beeline for razor clams and bluefin tuna, called atún rojo in Spain for its ruby flesh.
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Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 May 2024
There's cooking, as well as vineyard visits and a trip to the covered market in Barbate, for ingredients including bluefin tuna, harvested using the almadraba method – a system of nets developed by the Phoenicians three millennia ago.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 19 May 2024
The prospect of vanishing whales, polar bears, bluefin tuna, sea turtles, and wild coasts should be worrying enough on its own.
—Alan B. Sielen, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
For example, say two fishermen spend three hours on a boat catching 300 lbs of bluefin tuna.
—Lily O'Neill, The Denver Post, 29 May 2024
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Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 May 2024
There's cooking, as well as vineyard visits and a trip to the covered market in Barbate, for ingredients including bluefin tuna, harvested using the almadraba method – a system of nets developed by the Phoenicians three millennia ago.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 19 May 2024
The prospect of vanishing whales, polar bears, bluefin tuna, sea turtles, and wild coasts should be worrying enough on its own.
—Alan B. Sielen, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
For example, say two fishermen spend three hours on a boat catching 300 lbs of bluefin tuna.
—Lily O'Neill, The Denver Post, 29 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for bluefin tuna
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