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bluefin

bluefin

1 6.4
Meat from a very large tuna that people eat, often raw as sushi
  • noun
  • /ˈbluːfɪn/
translation icon : carne de atún rojo
  • The southern bluefin tuna, like its Atlantic cousin, is valued for its raw cut flesh or sashimi.
  • bluefin tuna

Examples

  • But in recent decades, demand has skyrocketed as bluefin are haunted for sashimi, sushi and tuna steaks.

  • Many seafood enthusiasts consider bluefin tuna to be a delicacy, especially when served raw.

  • - I got fresh bluefin.

  • We just learned that this is the first time this bluefin tuna shashimi beautiful dish has ever come out of the kitchen.

  • Thick, muscle-packed bluefin show up as little red footballs.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • With bluefin tuna meat often bringing more than $20 per pound, it will take a lot more weather to stop full-time fishermen from going out.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • The sushi chef prepared fresh bluefin tuna for our dinner, emphasizing its rich flavor and buttery texture.

  • In fine dining restaurants, bluefin tuna is often the star ingredient in high-end sashimi dishes.

Synonyms

tuna
vsbluefin
213 1.0

A large, fast sea fish often eaten fresh or canned

focuses on prized, specific flesh rather than the fish in general
tuna fish
vsbluefin
24 1.0

A large sea fish that people often eat fresh, grilled or canned

is the prized flesh of a very large species rather than common fish cuts
bluefin tuna
vsbluefin
1 3.9

Meat of a very large sea fish valued for sushi and sashimi

is prized broadly, not only for raw preparations
Thunnus thynnus
vsbluefin
  • Specialized
9.9

A very large tuna that lives in the Atlantic and is often eaten as sushi

refers to the edible flesh rather than the whole living animal

Compounds

1 3.2

A very large sea fish found in cool seas and often caught for food

1 3.9

Meat of a very large sea fish valued for sushi and sashimi

Surface Forms

bluefin singular
bluefins plural

Morphology

bluefin = blue + fin (transparent) = blue + fin

The noun for the edible flesh uses the same clear compound logic: 'blue' + 'fin' referring to the species, so the food sense is straightforwardly related.

Etymology

The word bluefin comes from the fish name blue + fin, and people also use the same name for the fish's meat; because the tuna is called bluefin, its prized flesh is often called bluefin too.