Tunny

//ˈtʌni// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of tuna. countable, dated, uncountable

    "The floor of the chamber was tesselated, of marble and green tourmaline, and on every square of tourmaline was carven the image of a fish: as the dolphin, the conger, the cat-fish, the salmon, the tunny, the squid, and other wonders of the deep."

  2. 2
    any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters wordnet
  3. 3
    important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French thon + -y, from Old Occitan ton, from Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos), + -y.

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