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Tuna

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Noun

1. opuntia tuna, tuna

tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica

2. tuna, tuna fish, tunny

important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks

3. tuna, tunny

any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters

4. anguilla sucklandii, tuna

New Zealand eel

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Tuna

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noun plural -na or -nas
1. Also called: tunny
any of various large marine spiny-finned fishes of the genus Thunnus, esp T. thynnus, chiefly of warm waters: family Scombridae. They have a spindle-shaped body and widely forked tail, and are important food fishes
2. 
any of various similar and related fishes
noun
1. 
any of various tropical American prickly pear cacti, esp Opuntia tuna, that are cultivated for their sweet edible fruits
2. 
the fruit of any of these cacti

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Tuna

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nounWord forms: plural ˈtuna or ˈtunas
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
noun
1. 
any of various prickly pears (esp. Opuntia tuna), cultivated for their edible fruits
2. 
the fruit

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Tuna

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n. pl. tuna or tu·nas
1.
a. Any of various often large scombroid marine food and game fishes of the genus Thunnus and related genera, several of which, including albacore and skipjack tuna, are commercially important sources of canned fish. Also called tunny.
b. Any of several related fishes, such as the bonito.
2. The edible flesh of tuna, often canned or processed. Also called tuna fish.
n.
1. Any of several prickly pears, especially O. ficus-indica, widely cultivated for its edible red fruit.
2. The edible fruit of any of these cacti. Also called cactus pear.

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