Definitions for: 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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: Anguilla sucklandii, Opuntia tuna, tuna fish, tunny, tunny

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

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