Thesaurus: tunny

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1. n. Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny (Orcynus / Albacora thynnus) native of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is extensively caught in the Mediterranean. On the American coast it is called horse mackerel. See Illust. of Horse mackerel, under Horse.
2. n. important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
3. n. any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
4. Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny (Orcynus or Albacora thynnus) native of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is extensively caught in the Mediterranean. On the American coast it is called horse mackerel. See Illust. of Horse mackerel, under Horse. [Written also thynny.] Note: The little tunny (Gymnosarda alletterata) of the Mediterranean and North Atlantic, and the long-finned tunny, or albicore (see Albicore), are related species of smaller size.
5. Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging tothe Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny (Orcynus orAlbacora thynnus) native of the Mediterranean Sea and the AtlanticOcean. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and isextensively caught in the Mediterranean. On the American coast it iscalled horse mackerel. See Illust. of Horse mackerel, under Horse.[Written also thynny.]
6. n important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks n any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters