tunny

[ tuhn-ee ]

/ ˈtʌn i /

noun, plural (especially collectively) tun·ny, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) tun·nies.Chiefly British.

tuna¹.

Origin of tunny

1520–30; by apocope <Medieval Latin tunnīna false tunny, noun use of feminine of tunnīnus like a tunny, equivalent to tunn(us) tunny (variant of Latin thynnus<Greek thýnnos) + -īnus-ine¹

Words nearby tunny

tunneling, tunnel of love, tunnel vault, tunnel vision, Tunney, tunny, Tuonela, tup, Tupamaro, tupelo, Tupi

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Example sentences from the Web for tunny

That I shall be off to my tunny fisheries, and you will remain with your scullery-maid.
The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes|Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
The Muria was the liquid in which the tunny was pickled, and no doubt very similar to our essence of anchovies.
The Modern Housewife or, Menagere|Alexis Soyer
The medals of Asido, Florez describes as having sometimes a bull, and at others a fish of the tunny kind, upon them.
Excursions in the mountains of Ronda and Granada, with characteristic sketches of the inhabitants of southern Spain, v. 2/2|Charles Rochfort Scott
Tunny, tun′i, n. a very large fish of the mackerel family (Scombrid), fished chiefly on the Mediterranean coasts.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various

More than 400 small craft are employed in the sardine, tunny, cod and other fisheries.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7|Various

British Dictionary definitions for tunny

tunny

/ (ˈtʌnɪ) /

noun plural -nies or -ny

another name for tuna 1

Word Origin for tunny

C16: from Old French thon, from Old Provençal ton, from Latin thunnus, from Greek

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单词	tunny
释义	tunny [ tuhn-ee ] / ˈtʌn i / noun, plural (especially collectively) tun·ny, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) tun·nies.Chiefly British. tuna¹. Origin of tunny 1520–30; by apocope <Medieval Latin tunnīna false tunny, noun use of feminine of tunnīnus like a tunny, equivalent to tunn(us) tunny (variant of Latin thynnus<Greek thýnnos) + -īnus-ine¹ Words nearby tunny tunneling, tunnel of love, tunnel vault, tunnel vision, Tunney, tunny, Tuonela, tup, Tupamaro, tupelo, Tupi Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tunny That I shall be off to my tunny fisheries, and you will remain with your scullery-maid. The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes\|Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra The Muria was the liquid in which the tunny was pickled, and no doubt very similar to our essence of anchovies. The Modern Housewife or, Menagere\|Alexis Soyer The medals of Asido, Florez describes as having sometimes a bull, and at others a fish of the tunny kind, upon them. Excursions in the mountains of Ronda and Granada, with characteristic sketches of the inhabitants of southern Spain, v. 2/2\|Charles Rochfort Scott Tunny, tun′i, n. a very large fish of the mackerel family (Scombrid), fished chiefly on the Mediterranean coasts. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)\|Various More than 400 small craft are employed in the sardine, tunny, cod and other fisheries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7\|Various British Dictionary definitions for tunny tunny / (ˈtʌnɪ) / noun plural -nies or -ny another name for tuna 1 Word Origin for tunny C16: from Old French thon, from Old Provençal ton, from Latin thunnus, from Greek Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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