Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A local name in the United States of the lake-herring or whitefish of Lake Michigan, Coregonus nigripinnis. See
cisco .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A species of whitefish (
Coregonus nigripinnis ) found in Lake Michigan.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
bluefin tuna , a number of types oftuna characterised by theirblue fins .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics
- noun flesh of very large tuna
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Examples
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More people who frequently eat sushi know that bluefin is endangered, and may be gone within a few years at the rate we consume them, than any other type of seafood.
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More people who frequently eat sushi know that bluefin is endangered, and may be gone within a few years at the rate we consume them, than any other type of seafood.
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First of all, selling a big bluefin is not as easy as catching one and running to the market.
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First of all, selling a big bluefin is not as easy as catching one and running to the market.
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I was really interested in finding out that more than just the bluefin is in danger.
24 Hours 2009
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More people who frequently eat sushi know that bluefin is endangered, and may be gone within a few years at the rate we consume them, than any other type of seafood.
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Nobu promised to label bluefin as an endangered species on all of their menus, but subsequently changed tactics and cut off communications.
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The results show that some species of tuna, particularly those that restaurants value for their firmer flesh and appealing look - such as bluefin akami and all bigeye tuna - have higher mercury levels than other species typically found in grocery stores.
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Some species of tuna, particularly those that restaurants value for their firmer flesh and appealing look - such as bluefin akami - have higher mercury levels than other species typically found in grocery stores.
Livescience.com 2010
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The results show that some species of tuna, particularly those that restaurants value for their firmer flesh and appealing look - such as bluefin akami and all bigeye tuna - have higher mercury levels than other species typically found in grocery stores.
Livescience.com 2010
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