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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 tropics
Familiarity information: THUNNUS THYNNUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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