thunnus thynnus

Questions about thunnus thynnus

What does thunnus thynnus mean?

thunnus thynnus means "largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics".

What is another word for thunnus thynnus?

Close synonyms include bluefin, bluefin tuna, horse mackerel. 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 thunnus thynnus a common word?

thunnus thynnus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.