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tuna
1[ too-nuh, tyoo- ]
/ Ëtu nÉ, Ëtyu- /
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noun, plural (especially collectively) tu·na, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) tu·nas.
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
any of various related fishes.
Also called tuna fish . the flesh of the tuna, used as food.
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Origin of tuna
1An Americanism first recorded in 1880â85; from Spanish (California), variant of Spanish atĂșn, from Arabic al âtheâ + tĆ«n, from Greek thĂœnnos tunny
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Other definitions for tuna (2 of 2)
tuna2
[ too-nuh, tyoo- ]
/ Ëtu nÉ, Ëtyu- /
noun
any of various prickly pears, prickly pears, especially either of two erect, treelike species, Opuntia tuna or O. ficus-indica, of Mexico, bearing a sweet, edible fruit.
the fruit of these plants.
Origin of tuna
2First recorded in 1545â55; from Spanish, from TaĂno
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British Dictionary definitions for tuna (1 of 2)
tuna1
/ (ËtjuËnÉ) /
noun plural -na or -nas
Also called: tunny any of various large marine spiny-finned fishes of the genus Thunnus, esp T. thynnus, chiefly of warm waters: family Scombridae . They have a spindle-shaped body and widely forked tail, and are important food fishes
any of various similar and related fishes
Word Origin for tuna
C20: from American Spanish, from Spanish atĂșn, from Arabic tĆ«n, from Latin thunnus tunny, from Greek
British Dictionary definitions for tuna (2 of 2)
tuna2
/ (ËtjuËnÉ) /
noun
any of various tropical American prickly pear cacti, esp Opuntia tuna, that are cultivated for their sweet edible fruits
the fruit of any of these cacti
Word Origin for tuna
C16: via Spanish from Taino
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