Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bluefin_tuna

2 senses of bluefin tuna

Sense 1
bluefin, bluefin tuna -- (flesh of very large tuna)
       => tuna, tuna fish, tunny -- (important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks)

Sense 2
bluefin, bluefin tuna, horse mackerel, Thunnus thynnus -- (largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics)
       => tuna, tunny -- (any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters)