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tunny
n.
any of several kinds of large edible fish of the family Scombridae who are native to mild and tropical waters, tuna (especially British)
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tunny
Noun
1. important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
(synonym) tuna, tuna fish
(hypernym) saltwater fish
(hyponym) albacore
(part-holonym) tuna
2. any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
(synonym) tuna
(hypernym) scombroid, scombroid fish
(hyponym) albacore, long-fin tunny, Thunnus alalunga
(member-holonym) Thunnus, genus Thunnus
(part-meronym) tuna, tuna fish
Tunny
(n.)
Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny (Orcynus / Albacora thynnus) native of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is extensively caught in the Mediterranean. On the American coast it is called horse mackerel. See Illust. of Horse mackerel, under Horse.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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