bluefin tuna
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- noun
- /ˈbluːfɪn ˈtuːnə/
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carne de atún rojo
- In high-end sushi restaurants, dishes featuring bluefin tuna are often considered a delicacy.
Examples
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The price of bluefin tuna has increased significantly due to its popularity in global seafood markets.
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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) -
Many chefs prefer using bluefin tuna in their sushi dishes for its rich flavor and texture.
Synonyms
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1.0
A large, fast sea fish often eaten fresh or canned
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A large sea fish that people often eat fresh, grilled or canned
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6.4
Meat from a very large tuna that people eat, often raw as sushi
A very large tuna that lives in the Atlantic and is often eaten as sushi
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase names a species of tuna characterized by blue fins, so its meaning is directly compositional from the constituents ('bluefin' as a type/descriptor and 'tuna' as the fish). This descriptive, noun + noun naming pattern is common and predictable across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the parts would understand it.
Etymology
The food sense of bluefin tuna comes from that same fish: it was named for its dark blue back and fin, and cooks began to call its 'meat' by the fish's name. So bluefin tuna as food means the prized meat of this large tuna.