Tuna Definition
to͝onə, tyo͝o-
tunas
noun
tunas
Any of various, usually large, marine, scombroid, food and game fishes (esp. genus Thunnus), including the albacore.
Webster's New World
Any of several related fishes, such as the bonito.
American Heritage
The flesh of various tunas or tunalike fishes, often canned as food.
Webster's New World
Any of various prickly pears (esp. Opuntia tuna), cultivated for their edible fruits.
Webster's New World
The fruit.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Tuna
Noun
Singular:
tuna
Plural:
tunasOrigin of Tuna
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From American Spanish alteration of the Spanish atún, from Arabic تن (tunn, “tuna"), from Latin thunnus, itself from Ancient Greek θύννος (thunnos), from θύνω (thunō), "I rush, dart along").
From Wiktionary
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American Spanish from Spanish atún from Arabic at-tūn the tuna from Latin thunnus tunny
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
American Spanish from Taíno
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Wiktionary
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