tunas

Variant of tuna

noun pl. tuna or tunas

  1. any of various, usually large, marine, scombroid, food and game fishes (esp. genus Thunnus), including the albacore
  2. the flesh of various tunas or tunalike fishes, often canned as food
    also called tuna fish

Origin: AmSp < Sp atún < Ar tūn < L thunnus: see tunny

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