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Tuna  n.  
1.
(Zool.) Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the mackerel family Scombridae, especially the bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, formerly Orcynus thynnus or Albacora thynnus), called also the common tunny or great tunny, a native of the Mediterranean Sea and of temperate parts of the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is caught commercially in large quantity for use as food; also called, especially in Britain, tunny. It is also one of the favorite fishes used by the Japanese in preparing sushi. On the American coast, especially in New England, it is sometimes called the horse mackerel. Another well-known species is the yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) of warm seas. Note: The little tunny (Gymnosarda alletterata) of the Mediterranean and North Atlantic, and the long-finned tunny, or albacore (Thunnus alalunga) (see Albacore), are related species of smaller size.
2.
The bonito, 2.
3.
The meat of the tuna, used as food; also called tuna fish.





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"Tuna" Quotes from Famous Books



... is strongly linked to the US, with which American Samoa conducts the great bulk of its foreign trade. Tuna fishing and tuna processing plants are the backbone of the private sector, with canned tuna the primary export. The tuna canneries and the government are by far the two largest employers. Other economic activities include a slowly developing tourist industry. Transfers from the ...
— The 1997 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... feel that we would be like the soldiers of Xenophon once we spied the sea. But the cry "Thalassa" was denied us. Eventually we turned back, and tried keeping the hill on the right. This was as perplexing as keeping it on the left had been. A pair of famished explorers, hungry enough to eat canned tuna-fish and crackers with relish, reached a little town inland from Mandelieu about seven o'clock that night with no clear knowledge of from where or how they ...
— Riviera Towns • Herbert Adams Gibbons
... could tell some thrilling tale of big game at sea. Look," he continued, as the steamer drew near to the entrance of the harbor, "there's a chap who's hooked to something big. By the way he's playing the fish it's probably a leaping tuna. Wait a minute and I'll ...
— The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries • Francis Rolt-Wheeler
... 318. OPUNTIA TUNA.—This plant is a native of Mexico and South America generally. It reaches a height of 15 to 20 feet and bears reddish-colored flowers, followed by pear-shaped fleshy fruits 2 or 3 inches long, and of a rich carmine color when ripe. ...
— Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture • William Saunders
... sure. The receiver clicks back and Oliver regains the lounge in three long soft strides, thanking his carelessness that he is still wearing rubber-soled sport-shoes. He is very much absorbed in an article on "Fishing for Tuna" when Peter ...
— Young People's Pride • Stephen Vincent Benet


Words linked to "Tuna" :   Opuntia tuna, Thunnus albacares, long-fin tunny, saltwater fish, prickly pear cactus, Thunnus alalunga, tuna fish, genus Thunnus, eel, scombroid fish, tuna salad, Thunnus, tuna oil, tuna fish salad, Anguilla sucklandii, albacore, food fish, yellowfin tuna, bonito, scombroid, Thunnus thynnus, prickly pear


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