Definition of Thunnus thynnus

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

Exact synonyms: Bluefin, Bluefin Tuna, Horse Mackerel
Group relationships: Genus Thunnus, Thunnus
Generic synonyms: Tuna, Tunny
Terms within: Bluefin, Bluefin Tuna

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thunnus Thynnus

Thuja plicata
Thujopsis
Thujopsis dolobrata
Thulean
Thumbelina
Thunbergia
Thunbergia alata
Thunder Bay
Thunderbird
Thunderbirds
Thunderer
Thunnus
Thunnus alalunga
Thunnus albacares
Thunnus thynnus (current term)
Thur
Thurber
Thurgau
Thurgovia
Thuringia
Thuringian
Thuringians
Thurs
Thursday
Thursdays
Thurston
Thurston's geometrization conjecture
Thy
Thy 1 glycoprotein

Literary usage of Thunnus thynnus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Guide to the Gallery of Fishes in the Department of Zoology of the British by William George Ridewood (1908)
"Tunny, Thunnus thynnus. (From Boulenger, Camb. Nat. Hist., vii, 1904, after Cuv. et Val.). Mackerel-like fishes (see Wall-case 15, and p. 165). ..."

2. All about Hawaii (1916)
"The world renowned species of game fish—the giant mackerels—such as the leaping tuna (thunnus thynnus) ; long-fin tuna (thunnus ..."

3. Popular Science Monthly (1906)
"... name is Germo macropterus, or Thunnus macropterus, if we place the long-finned albacores in the same genus as the sunny or tuna (Thunnus thynnus). ..."

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