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THUNNUS THYNNUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Thunnus thynnus mean? 

THUNNUS THYNNUS (noun)
  The noun THUNNUS THYNNUS has 1 sense:

1. largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropicsplay

  Familiarity information: THUNNUS THYNNUS used as a noun is very rare.


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THUNNUS THYNNUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bluefin; bluefin tuna; horse mackerel; Thunnus thynnus

Hypernyms ("Thunnus thynnus" is a kind of...):

tuna; tunny (any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters)

Meronyms (parts of "Thunnus thynnus"):

bluefin; bluefin tuna (flesh of very large tuna)

Holonyms ("Thunnus thynnus" is a member of...):

genus Thunnus; Thunnus (tunas: warm-blooded fishes)


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