TUNA

tuna, Anguilla sucklandii

(noun) New Zealand eel

tuna, tunny

(noun) any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters

tuna, tuna fish, tunny

(noun) important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks

tuna, Opuntia tuna

(noun) tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

tuna (countable and uncountable, plural tuna or tunas)

Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.

The edible flesh of the tuna.

Synonyms

• tuna fish, tunny

Etymology 2

Noun

tuna (plural tunas)

The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia.

The fruit of the cactus.

Anagrams

• -naut, aunt, naut., tuan

Etymology

Proper noun

Tuna

(Maori mythology) An eel-god, the son of Manga-wai-roa.

Anagrams

• -naut, aunt, naut., tuan

Source: Wiktionary


Tu"na, n. (Bot.)

Definition: The Opuntia Tuna. See Prickly pear, under Prickly.

Tu"na, n. Etym: [Cf. Tunny.] (Zoöl.) (a) The tunny. (b) The bonito, 2.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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