tunny

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. Source: opted

2. n. important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks Source: wordnet

3. n. any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters Source: wordnet

4. 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 Source: ecdict

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