BLUEFIN

bluefin, bluefin tuna, horse mackerel, Thunnus thynnus

(noun) largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics

bluefin, bluefin tuna

(noun) flesh of very large tuna

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bluefin (plural bluefins)

bluefin tuna, any of a number of types of tuna characterised by their blue fins.

Source: Wiktionary


Blue"fin`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A species of whitefish (Coregonus nigripinnis) found in Lake Michigan.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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