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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Many migrant species rarely seen from Puerto Rico proper come close to shore: dolphins, pilot whales, tiger sharks, bluefin tuna, flying fish.
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Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
For some individual predators, such as albacore and bluefin tunas, this adjustment increased risk by over 36%.
—Heather Welch, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2024
The spinoff focuses on tuna fishermen based in the Outer Banks who fish for the Atlantic bluefin tuna off the coast of North Carolina.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024
The series followed fishermen who fish for Atlantic bluefin tuna off the coast of North Carolina.
—Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
The current roster includes a bluefin tuna tostada ($12) topped with chipotle aioli and corn microgreens, and mahi-mahi aguachile bearing sesame seeds and a wakame seaweed salad ($15.50) about which Siegel raves.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2024
Now, those visitors looking for a little good luck to start the year will likely flock to Onodera, hoping to get a taste of the bluefin tuna, which is said to be an auspicious fish.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 Jan. 2024
Similarly, any sushi connoisseur knows that bluefin tuna, the headliner of most omakase meals, is the great guilty pleasure of the sea, brutally overfished at the cost of tremendous collateral damage to oceanic life.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2023
At Japanese newcomer Money Cat, fatty bluefin tuna is served with an icy granita inspired by canh chua—a homestyle Vietnamese tamarind-pineapple sour soup.
—Dan Q. Dao, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Dec. 2023
Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
For some individual predators, such as albacore and bluefin tunas, this adjustment increased risk by over 36%.
—Heather Welch, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2024
The spinoff focuses on tuna fishermen based in the Outer Banks who fish for the Atlantic bluefin tuna off the coast of North Carolina.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024
The series followed fishermen who fish for Atlantic bluefin tuna off the coast of North Carolina.
—Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
The current roster includes a bluefin tuna tostada ($12) topped with chipotle aioli and corn microgreens, and mahi-mahi aguachile bearing sesame seeds and a wakame seaweed salad ($15.50) about which Siegel raves.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2024
Now, those visitors looking for a little good luck to start the year will likely flock to Onodera, hoping to get a taste of the bluefin tuna, which is said to be an auspicious fish.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 Jan. 2024
Similarly, any sushi connoisseur knows that bluefin tuna, the headliner of most omakase meals, is the great guilty pleasure of the sea, brutally overfished at the cost of tremendous collateral damage to oceanic life.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2023
At Japanese newcomer Money Cat, fatty bluefin tuna is served with an icy granita inspired by canh chua—a homestyle Vietnamese tamarind-pineapple sour soup.
—Dan Q. Dao, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Dec. 2023
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1909, in the meaning defined above
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