Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The common eel of New Zealand, Anguilla aucklandii.
- noun A fish. See Thynnus, Sarda, Orcynus, and tunny.
- noun A species of prickly-pear, Opuntia Tuna, or its fruit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The
Opuntia Tuna . See Prickly pear, underprickly . - noun (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the mackerel family
Scombridae , especially thebluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus , formerlyOrcynus thynnus orAlbacora thynnus ), called also thecommon tunny orgreat tunny , a native of the Mediterranean Sea and of temperate parts of the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is caught commercially in large quantity for use as food; -- also called, especially in Britain,tunny . It is also one of the favorite fishes used by the Japanese in preparing sushi. On the American coast, especially in New England, it is sometimes called thehorse mackerel . Another well-known species is theyellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares ) of warm seas. the SeeIllust. of Horse mackerel, underhorse . - noun The bonito, 2.
- noun the meat of the tuna, used as food; -- also called
tuna fish .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several species of
fish , of the genusThunnus , in the familyScombridae . - noun The
edible flesh of the tuna. - noun A type of
cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia. - noun The
fruit of the cactus.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
- noun any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
- noun tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica
- noun New Zealand eel
Etymologies
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Examples
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The bluefin tuna is just one living creature suffering from BP's oil.
Peter Lehner: Congress, the Mabus Report, and Why Gulf Restoration Matters for All of Us Peter Lehner 2010
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Chefs like Baggett put the lie to claims by Japanese sushi-industry lobbyists that eating endangered bluefin tuna is essential to Japanese culture.
American Sushi 2009
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Chefs like Baggett put the lie to claims by Japanese sushi-industry lobbyists that eating endangered bluefin tuna is essential to Japanese culture.
American Sushi 2009
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The bluefin tuna is just one living creature suffering from BP's oil.
Peter Lehner: Congress, the Mabus Report, and Why Gulf Restoration Matters for All of Us Peter Lehner 2010
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The bluefin tuna is just one living creature suffering from BP's oil.
Peter Lehner: Congress, the Mabus Report, and Why Gulf Restoration Matters for All of Us Peter Lehner 2010
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As far as we're aware, all tuna is fish, so we just call it tuna.
go eagles 2005
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In September, the bright green craft with a two-man gondola flew over the San Diego headquarters of Chicken of the Sea - part of Greenpeace's effort to stop what it calls a "tuna terrorist" from using fishing practices that it says cause the "needless deaths of sharks, billfish, turtles and other animals."
News - latimes.com By Maria L. La Ganga 2011
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In September, the bright green craft with a two-man gondola flew over the San Diego headquarters of Chicken of the Sea - part of Greenpeace's effort to stop what it calls a "tuna terrorist" from using fishing practices that it says cause the "needless deaths of sharks, billfish, turtles and other animals."
News - latimes.com By Maria L. La Ganga 2011
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Evidence: Atlantic bluefin tuna stocks have fallen below 15% of their historic levels.
Biodiversity 100: actions for Asia Guillaume Chapron 2010
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Japan should change its stance on bluefin tuna conservation and support a ban on international trade.
Biodiversity 100: actions for Asia Guillaume Chapron 2010
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The fish have also been given the name “Silverfin” and “Kentucky tuna” for largely the same reasons the US government has now dubbed it “Copi”—to make it sound more appealing as something to catch and eat.
A Design Studio “Rebranded” Carp. But Can a Fish Be a Brand? John Kazior 2022
yarb commented on the word tuna
Not only fish, but also the cactus fruit, bright red, figlike, with hundreds of edible pits.
October 20, 2007
frangarnes commented on the word tuna
In Spain, a 'tuna' is a folk music band. The members of the band are the 'tunos', and they usually are students (at university). You can see a typical 'tuna' in this photo. I hate the tunos!
By the way, I've just remembered that rondalla means the same that tuna (the music band)
October 22, 2007