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Tuna   /tˈunə/  /tjˈunə/   Listen
Tuna

noun
1.
Tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica.  Synonym: Opuntia tuna.
2.
Important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks.  Synonyms: tuna fish, tunny.
3.
Any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters.  Synonym: tunny.
4.
New Zealand eel.  Synonym: Anguilla sucklandii.



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"Tuna" Quotes from Famous Books



... glimpse of an agave between rocks and the fantastic cacti, which, although so characteristic of Mexican vegetation, are comparatively scarce in the high sierra. The nopal cactus, whose juicy fruit, called tuna, and flat leaf-like joints are an important article of food among the Indians, is found here and there, and is often planted near the dwellings of the natives. There are also a few species of Echinocactus and Mammilaria, but on the whole the ...
— Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) • Carl Lumholtz



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