Definition of tunny Tunny
/tʌˈni/ - [tunee] - tun•ny
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| tunny - any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters | ||
| tuna | ||
| scombroid, scombroid fish important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters | ||
| food fish any fish used for food by human beings | ||
| genus thunnus, thunnus tunas: warm-blooded fishes | ||
| long-fin tunny, thunnus alalunga, albacore large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters | ||
| thunnus thynnus, bluefin, bluefin tuna, horse mackerel largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics | ||
| thunnus albacares, yellowfin yellowfin tuna | ||
| tunny - important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks | ||
| tuna, tuna fish | ||
| saltwater fish flesh of fish from the sea used as food | ||
| tunny, tuna New Zealand eel | ||
| albacore large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters | ||
| bonito any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas | ||
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Wiktionary 
- tunny (Noun)
Tuna.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- 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.
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tunny
(Thunnus thynnus) Species of tuna fish, living in both the Western and the Eastern Atlantic Ocean and extending into the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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tunny
tun′i, n. a very large fish of the mackerel family (Scombridæ), fished chiefly on the Mediterranean coasts. [L. thunnus—Gr. thynnos—thynein, to dart along.]
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tunny
A well-known large fish of the family Scombridæ. It forms an important branch of Mediterranean commerce.
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