Why is tuna called chicken of the sea?

Answer 1

Tuna is called tuna because tuna is fish. The breed of fish is called Tuna

noooooo. ofcourse not. tuna is called tuna since the fish of tuna does not equal salmon so tuna can be sometimes defined as tuna rather than tuna so that the tuna species of tuna are tuna is like the tuna tuna . get tuna it? tuna?

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Answer 2

"Tuna" is akin to the Spanish word atún, this one coming from Spanish/Arabic "attún", derived from Latin thunnus / Greek θύννος, thynnos.

Since the word tuna is than applied to a variety of things (for example tuna is also the fruit of a prickly pear cactus); it has simply become common to state tuna fish rather than risk implying you meant tuna pear or any other misnaming that uses the term tuna.

Answer 3

They are called that because their meat is similar to chicken, and we eat more tuna than other species.