Definition of TUNA

tuna

Plural: tuna, tunas

Noun

  • A large, predatory marine fish, popular as food.
  • tropical American prickly pear of 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
  • Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.
  • The edible flesh of the tuna.
  • The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia.
  • The fruit of the cactus.

Examples

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Origin / Etymology

From American Spanish alteration of the Spanish atún, from Arabic اَلتُّنّ (at-tunn, “tuna”) from Latin thunnus, itself from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos). Possibly in the sense of "darter" from thynein "to dart along". Doublet of tonno.

Synonyms

Anguilla sucklandii, Opuntia tuna, tuna fish, tunny

Scrabble Score: 4

tuna: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
tuna: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tuna: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

tuna: valid Words With Friends Word