BLUEFINS Synonyms
There are 4 hypernyms of the word bluefins. (close relations)
Definition of BLUEFINS
bluefin
Best Alternative Words for BLUEFINS
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albacore | nounn | |||||||
noun • relatively small tuna with choice white flesh; major source of canned tuna • large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters | ||||||||
bonito | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna • fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna • any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas | ||||||||
mackerel | nounn | |||||||
noun • flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish • any of various fishes of the family Scombridae | ||||||||
marlin | nounn | |||||||
noun • large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes | ||||||||
sardine | nounn | |||||||
noun • small fatty fish usually canned • any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned • a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony • small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring | ||||||||
skipjack | nounn | |||||||
noun • oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito • medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna • able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound | ||||||||
swordfish | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks • large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw; not completely cold-blooded i.e. they are able to warm their brains and eyes: worldwide in warm waters but feed on cold ocean floor coming to surface at night | ||||||||
tuna | nounn | |||||||
noun • tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica • important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks • any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters • New Zealand eel | ||||||||
tunny | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks • any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters | ||||||||
bluefin tuna | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • flesh of very large tuna • largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics | ||||||||
horse mackerel | nounn | |||||||
noun • largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics • large elongated compressed food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe • a California food fish | ||||||||
thunnus thynnus | nounn | |||||||
noun • largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics |