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tunny


  2  definitions  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tunny 
  n  1:  important  warm-water  fatty  fish  of  the  genus  Thunnus  of  the 
  family  Scombridae;  usually  served  as  steaks  [syn:  {tuna}, 
  {tuna  fish}] 
  2:  any  very  large  marine  food  and  game  fish  of  the  genus 
  Thunnus;  related  to  mackerel;  chiefly  of  warm  waters  [syn: 
  {tuna}] 




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