bluefin tuna

Questions about bluefin tuna

What does bluefin tuna mean?

bluefin tuna means "flesh of very large tuna". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for bluefin tuna?

Close synonyms include bluefin, bluefin, horse mackerel, Thunnus thynnus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bluefin tuna a common word?

bluefin tuna is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.