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tuna
1[ too-nuh, tyoo- ]
noun
- any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas. Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- any of various related fishes.
- Also called tuna fish. the flesh of the tuna, used as food.
tuna
2[ too-nuh, tyoo- ]
noun
- any of various prickly pears, prickly pears, especially either of two erect, treelike species, Opuntia tuna or O. ficus-indica, of Mexico, bearing a sweet, edible fruit.
- the fruit of these plants.
tuna
1/ ˈːə /
noun
- Also calledtunny any of various large marine spiny-finned fishes of the genus Thunnus , esp T. thynnus , chiefly of warm waters: family Scombridae . They have a spindle-shaped body and widely forked tail, and are important food fishes
- any of various similar and related fishes
tuna
2/ ˈːə /
noun
- any of various tropical American prickly pear cacti, esp Opuntia tuna , that are cultivated for their sweet edible fruits
- the fruit of any of these cacti
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tuna1
Origin of tuna2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tuna1
Origin of tuna2
Example Sentences
You can bolster the protein with chicken, beans or tuna if you’d like, but it’s not necessary.
One day he picked up a tuna shipment to take to the port.
Rich also recommended Wild Planet’s canned fish, which includes tuna, sardines, salmon, mackerel, yellowtail and anchovies.
The NGO estimates that hundreds of millions of dollars of tuna and similar species are illegally moved via this method in the western and central Pacific each year.
Sediment clouds from mining can travel hundreds or even thousands of miles, potentially disrupting the entire mid-water food web and affecting important species such as tuna.
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