| NOUN | food | tuna fish, tuna, tunny | important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae |
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| Meaning | Important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks. | |
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| Synonyms | tuna, 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 | |
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