tunny

tun·ny  (tn)

n. pl. tunny or tun·nies

See tuna¹.

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[Italian tonno or French thon, both from Old Provençal ton, from Latin thynnus, from Greek thunnos.]

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tunny [ˈtʌnɪ]

n pl -nies, -ny

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called tuna 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

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various similar and related fishes

[from Old French thon, from Old Provençal ton, from Latin thunnus, from Greek]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tunny - important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks tuna fish, tuna 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
	2.	tunny - any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters tuna 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

Translations

tunny [ˈtʌnɪ] N (tunny, tunnies (pl)) → atún m
striped tunny → bonito m

tunny [ˈtʌni] n → thon m

tunny (fish)

n → Thunfisch m