In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
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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