Meaning & use
Toro
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The fatty belly meat of tuna, prized in sushi and sashimi for its rich, buttery texture.
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The chef served a plate of toro sashimi as the evening's specialty.
Toro is typically more expensive than leaner cuts of tuna.
A note on using this word
Borrowed directly from Japanese, "toro" is graded further into "chutoro" (medium fatty) and "otoro" (extra fatty), the most prized cut.
Words with a similar meaning
fatty tuna
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