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Tunny
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What's The Definition Of Tunny?
[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 Synonyms | Synonyms for Tunny: tuna | tuna | tuna fish Related Terms | Find terms related to Tunny: See Also | albacore | albacore | bluefin | bluefin | bluefin tuna | bluefin tuna | bonito | food fish | genus Thunnus | horse mackerel | long-fin tunny | saltwater fish | scombroid | scombroid fish | Thunnus | Thunnus alalunga | Thunnus albacares | Thunnus thynnus | tuna fish | tunny | tunny | yellowfin | yellowfin tuna Tunny In Webster's Dictionary \Tun"ny\ (t[u^]n"n[y^]), n.; pl. {Tunnies}. [L. thunnus,
thynnus, Gr. qy`nnos, qy^nos: cf. It. tonno, F. & Pr. thon.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging
to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny
({Orcynus or Albacora thynnus}) native of the Mediterranean
Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand
pounds or more, and is extensively caught in the
Mediterranean. On the American coast it is called {horse
mackerel}. See Illust. of {Horse mackerel}, under {Horse}.
[Written also {thynny}.]
Note: The little tunny ({Gymnosarda alletterata}) of the
Mediterranean and North Atlantic, and the long-finned
tunny, or albicore (see {Albicore}), are related
species of smaller size.
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