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Dictionary: tun·ny   (tŭn'ē) pronunciation

n., pl., tunny, or -nies.
See tuna1 (sense ).

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


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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
  Synonyms: tuna, tuna fish

Meaning #2: any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
  Synonym: tuna


 
 
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