NOUN | plant | tuna, Opuntia tuna | tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica |
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food | tuna, tuna fish, tunny | important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae | |
animal | tuna, tunny | any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus | |
animal | tuna, Anguilla sucklandii | New Zealand eel |
Sounds | tuw'nah; tyuw'nah | |
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Rhymes | Altoona ... zona: 128 rhymes with nah... |
Meaning | Tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica. | |
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Synonym | Opuntia tuna | |
Broader | prickly pear, prickly pear cactus | cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species |
Meaning | Important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks. | |
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Synonyms | tuna fish, tunny | |
Part of | tuna, tunny | Any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus |
Narrower | albacore | relatively small tuna / tuna with choice white flesh |
bluefin, bluefin tuna | flesh of very large tuna / tuna | |
bonito | flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae | |
Broader | saltwater fish | flesh of fish from the sea used as food |
Spanish | atún, thunnus | |
Catalan | tonyina |
Meaning | Any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters. | |
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Synonym | tunny | |
Member of | Thunnus, genus Thunnus | tunas / tunas |
Parts | tuna, tuna fish, tunny | Important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae |
Narrower | albacore, long-fin tunny, Thunnus alalunga | large pelagic tuna / tuna the source of most canned tuna / tuna |
bluefin, bluefin tuna, horse mackerel, Thunnus thynnus | largest tuna / tuna | |
yellowfin, yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares | May reach 400 pounds | |
Broader | food fish | Any fish used for food by human beings |
scombroid, scombroid fish | Important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas | |
Spanish | atún, tonina | |
Catalan | tonyina |
Meaning | New Zealand eel. | |
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Synonym | Anguilla sucklandii | |
Broader | eel | voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins |
Spanish | Anguilla Sucklandii, Tuna |
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