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tunny
tun·ny T0414200 (tŭn′ē)n. pl. tunny or tun·nies See tuna1.
[Italian tonno or French thon, both from Old Provençal ton, from Latin thunnus, thynnus, from Greek thunnos.]tunny (ˈtʌnɪ) n, pl -nies or -ny (Animals) another name for tuna1[C16: from Old French thon, from Old Provençal ton, from Latin thunnus, from Greek]tu•na1 (ˈtu nə, ˈtyu-)
n., pl. (esp. collectively) -na, (esp. for kinds or species) -nas. 1. any of several large marine food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, including the albacore, bluefin tuna, and yellowfin tuna. 2. any of various related fishes. 3. Also called tu′na fish`. the flesh of the tuna, used as food. [1880–85, Amer.; < American Spanish, variant of Sp atún < Arabic al the + tūn < Greek thýnnos tunny] tu•na2 (ˈtu nə, ˈtyu-)
n., pl. -nas. 1. any of various prickly pears, esp. either of two erect, treelike species, Opuntia tuna or O. ficus-indica, of Mexico, bearing a sweet, edible fruit. 2. the fruit of these plants. [1545–55; < Sp < Taino] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  tunny - important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steakstuna fish, tunatunny, tuna - any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waterssaltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as foodalbacore - relatively small tuna with choice white flesh; major source of canned tunabonito - flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tunabluefin, bluefin tuna - flesh of very large tuna | | 2. |  tunny - any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waterstunafood fish - any fish used for food by human beingsscombroid, scombroid fish - important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder watersgenus Thunnus, Thunnus - tunas: warm-blooded fisheslong-fin tunny, Thunnus alalunga, albacore - large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate watershorse mackerel, Thunnus thynnus, bluefin, bluefin tuna - largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropicsThunnus albacares, yellowfin, yellowfin tuna - may reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropicstuna fish, tunny, tuna - important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks |
TranslationsThunfischabacoraatúnthontonnotunny
tunny: see tunatuna
or tunny,
game and food fishes, the largest members of the family Scombridae (mackerel family) and closely related to the albacore and bonito. They have streamlined bodies with two fins, and five or more finlets on the back.
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Related to tunny: gunnySynonyms for tunnynoun important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family ScombridaeSynonymsRelated Words- tunny
- tuna
- saltwater fish
- albacore
- bonito
- bluefin
- bluefin tuna
noun any very large marine food and game fish of the genus ThunnusSynonymsRelated Words- food fish
- scombroid
- scombroid fish
- genus Thunnus
- Thunnus
- long-fin tunny
- Thunnus alalunga
- albacore
- horse mackerel
- Thunnus thynnus
- bluefin
- bluefin tuna
- Thunnus albacares
- yellowfin
- yellowfin tuna
- tuna fish
- tunny
- tuna
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