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tuna

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: tuna

1
 n
important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
2
 n
New Zealand eel
3
 n
tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: tuna
1

n important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks

Synonyms:
tuna fish, tunny
Types:
albacore
relatively small tuna with choice white flesh; major source of canned tuna
bonito
flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna
bluefin, bluefin tuna
flesh of very large tuna
Type of:
saltwater fish
flesh of fish from the sea used as food

n any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters

Synonyms:
tunny
Types:
Thunnus alalunga, albacore, long-fin tunny
large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters
Thunnus thynnus, bluefin, bluefin tuna, horse mackerel
largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics
Thunnus albacares, yellowfin, yellowfin tuna
may reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics
Type of:
food fish
any fish used for food by human beings
scombroid, 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 waters
2

n New Zealand eel

Synonyms:
Anguilla sucklandii
Type of:
eel
voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins
3

n tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica

Synonyms:
Opuntia tuna
Type of:
prickly pear, prickly pear cactus
cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock
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