tuna

Meaning

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

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.