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Tuna

Tuna Meaning & Definition
Tuna Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tuna?

[n] New Zealand eel
[n] any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
[n] important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
[n] tropical American flat-jointed prickly pear; Jamaica

Synonyms | Synonyms for Tuna: Anguilla sucklandii | Opuntia tuna | tuna fish | tunny | tunny

Related Terms | Find terms related to Tuna:

See Also | albacore | albacore | bluefin | bluefin | bluefin tuna | bluefin tuna | bonito | eel | food fish | genus Thunnus | horse mackerel | long-fin tunny | prickly pear | prickly pear cactus | saltwater fish | scombroid | scombroid fish | Thunnus | Thunnus alalunga | Thunnus albacares | Thunnus thynnus | tuna | tuna | tuna fish | yellowfin | yellowfin tuna

Tuna In Webster's Dictionary

\Tu"na\, n. (Bot.) The {Opuntia Tuna}. See {Prickly pear}, under {Prickly}.
\Tu"na\, n. [Cf. {Tunny}.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) The tunny. (b) The bonito, 2.

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