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tuna

  • noun
  • tyo͞o'nə

Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.

Other meanings

  1. The edible flesh of the tuna.

  2. The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia.

A kind of

  • prickly pear

Word history

From Ancient Greek "θύννος".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “tuna” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.