Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A scombroid fish of the genus Orcynus, as O. thynnus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The chiefly British equivalent of
tuna ; any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny (Thunnus thynnus syn.Albacora thynnus , formerlyOrcynus 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 calledhorse mackerel . SeeIllust. of Horse mackerel, underhorse .
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- noun
Tuna .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
- noun important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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They are of opinion that the tunny is a fish a year older than the pelamyd.
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The most esteemed part of the tunny is the underneath, or "panse."
Brittany & Its Byways Fanny Bury Palliser
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Isle are employed in the fisheries; of these the sardine and the tunny are the chief.
Brittany & Its Byways Fanny Bury Palliser
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The king called a tunny and commanded him to take the fisherman on his back and deposit him on a rock near the shore, where the other fishers could see and rescue him.
The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Edwin Sidney Hartland 1887
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A FISH called a tunny, being pursued by a dolphin, and driven with great violence, not minding which way he went, was thrown by the force of the waves upon a rock, and left there.
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I've no idea what "tunny" is and I'm slightly worried that it's some slang that I'm not familiar with. :-o
Arguing the Toss Kerron Cross 2006
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The British until recently called the bluefin "tunny" (from the Latin, Thunnus thynnus).
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The British until recently called the bluefin "tunny" (from the Latin, Thunnus thynnus).
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Every year, huge schools of little tunny, an abundant member of the tuna family, arrive to spawn in the warm Yucatan waters.
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The countless tiny, clear eggs produced by the little tunny drift on the currents and are sometimes concentrated in a relatively small patch of ocean.
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