Meaning of TUNA
| Pronunciation: | | 'toonu
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- [n] New Zealand eel
- [n] any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
- [n] important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
- [n] tropical American flat-jointed prickly pear; Jamaica
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| | Synonyms: | | Anguilla sucklandii, Opuntia tuna, tuna fish, tunny, tunny |
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| | See Also: | | albacore, albacore, bluefin, bluefin, bluefin tuna, bluefin tuna, bonito, eel, food fish, genus Thunnus, horse mackerel, long-fin tunny, prickly pear, prickly pear cactus, saltwater fish, scombroid, scombroid fish, Thunnus, Thunnus alalunga, Thunnus albacares, Thunnus thynnus, tuna, tuna, tuna fish, yellowfin, yellowfin tuna | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Tu"na\, n. (Bot.)
The {Opuntia Tuna}. See {Prickly pear}, under {Prickly}.
\Tu"na\, n. [Cf. {Tunny}.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The tunny.
(b) The bonito, 2.
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