tuna
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(noun) New Zealand eel |
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Synonyms: Anguilla sucklandii |
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Related Words: eel |
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(noun) any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters |
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Synonyms: tunny |
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Related Words: Thunnus alalunga, Thunnus albacares, Thunnus thynnus, albacore, bluefin, bluefin tuna, food fish, horse mackerel, long-fin tunny, scombroid, scombroid fish, yellowfin, yellowfin tuna |
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(noun) important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks |
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Synonyms: tuna fish, tunny |
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Related Words: albacore, bluefin, bluefin tuna, bonito, saltwater fish |
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(noun) tropical American flat-jointed prickly pear; Jamaica |
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Synonyms: Opuntia tuna |
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Related Words: prickly pear, prickly pear cactus |
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