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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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