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tunnies |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tunny \Tun"ny\ (t[u^]n"n[y^]), n.; pl {Tunnies}. [L. thunnus, thynnus, Gr qy`nnos, qy^nos: cf It tonno, F. & Pr thon.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny ({Orcynus or 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}. [Written also {thynny}.] Note: The little tunny ({Gymnosarda alletterata}) of the Mediterranean and North Atlantic, and the long-finned tunny, or albicore (see {Albicore}), are related species of smaller size.
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