tuna

Meaning

1. Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.
2. The edible flesh of the tuna.

Synonyms

tunny

tuna fish

tuna-fish

Anguilla sucklandii

Opuntia tuna

pitch

prickly pear

strain

ton

tonality

tone

watermelon

🍉

stress

Arctic bonito

atu

barriolet

cardón

club mackerel

Thunnus

Atlantic bonito

bluefin

bluefin tuna

oceanic bonito

Indian fig

oceanic skipjack

lesser tunny

mushmouth

ocean bonito

toothpick cactus

victor fish

tunafish

accent

barbary fig

albacore

banjo

🪕

ictus

intonation

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtjuː.nə/

Etymology

From American Spanish alteration of the Spanish atún, from Arabic اَلتُّنّ (at-tunn, “tuna”) from Latin thunnus, itself from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos). Doublet of tonno.