New Zealand eel
English: tuna, Anguilla sucklandii
tunaEnglish
tuna, tunny, Anguilla sucklandii, Opuntia tuna, Thunnus alalunga
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Noun
Important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae, usually served as steaks
English: tuna, tuna fish, tunny
Tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica
English: tuna, Opuntia tuna
3 more noun senses
Any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus, related to mackerel, chiefly of warm waters
English: tuna, tunny
Large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna, reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins, found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters
English: albacore, long-fin tunny, Thunnus alalunga
Bahasa: albakora
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Largest tuna, to 1500 pounds, of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics
English: bluefin, bluefin tuna, horse mackerel, Thunnus thynnus
Less certain link between this word and this sense.