tuna

tu·na ¹  (tn, ty-)

n. pl. tuna or tu·nas

1.

a. Any of various often large scombroid marine food and game fishes of the genus Thunnus and related genera, many of which, including T. thynnus and the albacore, are commercially important sources of canned fish. Also called tunny.

b. Any of several related fishes, such as the bonito.

2. The edible flesh of tuna, often canned or processed. Also called tuna fish.

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[American Spanish, from Spanish atún, from Arabic at-tn, the tuna, from Latin thunnus; see tunny.]

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tu·na ²  (tn, ty-)

n.

1. Any of several flat-jointed tropical American cacti of the genus Opuntia, which includes the prickly pears, especially O. tuna of Jamaica, having yellow flowers and edible red fruit.

2. The edible fruit of any of these cacti. Also called cactus pear.

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[American Spanish, from Taino.]

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tuna¹

n pl -na, -nas

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for tunny [1]

[from American Spanish, from Spanish atún, from Arabic tūn, from Latin thunnus tunny, from Greek]

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tuna²

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various tropical American prickly pear cacti, esp Opuntia tuna, that are cultivated for their sweet edible fruits

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the fruit of any of these cacti

[via Spanish from Taino]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tuna - tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica Opuntia tuna prickly pear, prickly pear cactus - cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock
	2.	tuna - important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks tuna fish, tunny tunny, tuna - any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food albacore - relatively small tuna with choice white flesh; major source of canned tuna bonito - flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna bluefin, bluefin tuna - flesh of very large tuna
	3.	tuna - any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters tunny food fish - any fish used for food by human beings 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 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 horse mackerel, Thunnus thynnus, bluefin, bluefin tuna - largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics Thunnus albacares, yellowfin, yellowfin tuna - may reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics tuna fish, tunny, tuna - important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
	4.	tuna - New Zealand eel                       Anguilla sucklandii eel - voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins

Translations

tuna [ˈtjuːnə] N (tuna, tunas (pl)) (also tuna fish) → atún m

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tuna [ˈtjuːnə] (pl) n (also tuna fish) → thon m

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tuna (fish)

n → T(h)unfisch m

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tuna [ˈtjuːnə] n pl inv (also tuna fish) → tonno

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tuna [ˈtjuːnə] n pl inv (also tuna fish) → tonno

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tuna → سمك التونة tuňák tun Thunfisch τόνος atún tonnikala thon tuna tonno マグロ 참치 tonijn tunfisk tuńczyk atum тунец tonfisk ปลาทูน่า ton balığı cá ngừ 金枪鱼