tuna
pronunciation
How to pronounce tuna in British English:
UK [ˈtjuːnə]
How to pronounce tuna in American English:
US [ˈtuːnə]
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- Noun:
- tropical American flat-jointed prickly pear; Jamaica
- important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
- any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
- New Zealand eel
Word Origin
- tuna (n.)
- 1881, from American Spanish (California) tuna, from Spanish atun, from Arabic tun, borrowed, probably in Spain, from Latin thunnus "tunny" (see tunny).
Example
- 1. On june 5th monaco did this for bluefin tuna .
- 2. Stocks of bluefin tuna have duly plummeted .
- 3. But raising tuna in captivity can be tricky .
- 4. Prominent on the menu was bluefin tuna sushi .
- 5. Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna .