tuna Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica
    Opuntia tuna.
  2. noun important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
    tuna fish; tunny.
  3. noun any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
    tunny.
  4. noun New Zealand eel
    Anguilla sucklandii.

WordNet

Tu"na noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The Opuntia Tuna. See Prickly pear, under Prickly.
Tu"na noun
Etymology
Cf. Tunny.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) The tunny. (b) The bonito, 2.

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