tunny

American  

[tuhn-ee] / ˈtʌn i /

noun

Chiefly British.

plural

tunny,

plural

tunnies

1. tuna.

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tunny British  

/ ˈtʌnɪ /

noun

1. another name for tuna 1

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Etymology

Origin of tunny

1520–30; by apocope < Medieval Latin tunnīna false tunny, noun use of feminine of tunnīnus like a tunny, equivalent to tunn ( us ) tunny (variant of Latin thynnus < Greek thýnnos ) + -īnus -ine ¹

Example Sentences

Said he: "It should have been tunny fish, which we were out to get this morning, but we caught 15 codfish instead."

From Time Magazine Archive

Merchant ships plied to and fro on the blue oceans, and fishermen hauled in brimming nets of cod and tunny, bass and mullet; the forests ran with game, and no children went hungry.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

Icesius says that that species of tunny called scombrus is smaller in size, but more nutritious, than the species called colias; and also more juicy, though not more easily digested.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

Then they saw many tunny and gold fish, and a white bird of the tropics that never passes a night on the sea.

From The Boy's Book of Heroes by Peake, Helena

And Callias, or Diocles, whichever was the author of the play, says in the Cyclops— A roasted harp-fish, and a ray, And the head of a well-fed tunny.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us