cactus pear

noun

1. tuna.

Example Sentences

Although it's the fruit of a cactus, it does not have any spines or needles on the outer skin, unlike its cousin, the cactus pear.

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Whether what's coming is a West Texas farm boy playing Bach fugues on a cactus pear or the White House staff singing footlight favorites, you can bet your quadraphonic tape deck that Farrell and his competitors will be on hand, those contract-signing ballpoints at the ready; dig it.

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As prickly with faults as a cactus pear; but every year there are less prickles.

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