tuna

1. (noun) New Zealand eel
Synonyms: Anguilla sucklandii
Related Words: eel

2. (noun) any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
Synonyms: tunny
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

3. (noun) important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
Synonyms: tuna fish, tunny
Related Words: albacore, bluefin, bluefin tuna, bonito, saltwater fish

4. (noun) tropical American flat-jointed prickly pear; Jamaica
Synonyms: Opuntia tuna
Related Words: prickly pear, prickly pear cactus



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