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Definition: Gymnosarda alletterata
Tuna
\Tu"na\, n. [Cf.
Tunny.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) any one of several species of large oceanic
fishes belonging to the mackerel family
Scombridae,
especially the
bluefin tuna (
Thunnus thynnus, formerly
Orcynus thynnus or
Albacora thynnus), called also the
common tunny or
great tunny, a native of the
Mediterranean Sea and of temperate parts of the Atlantic
Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and
is caught commercially in large quantity for use as food;
-- also called, especially in Britain,
tunny. It is also
one of the favorite fishes used by the Japanese in
preparing sushi. On the American coast, especially in New
England, it is sometimes called the
horse mackerel.
Another well-known species is the
yellowfin tuna
(
Thunnus albacares) of warm seas. the See Illust. of
Horse mackerel, under
Horse.
Note: The little tunny (
Gymnosarda alletterata) of the
Mediterranean and North Atlantic, and the long-finned
tunny, or albacore (
Thunnus alalunga) (see
Albacore), are related species of smaller size.
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2. The bonito, 2.
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3. the meat of the tuna, used as food; -- also called
tuna fish
.
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Tunny
\Tun"ny\ (t[u^]n"n[y^]), n.; pl.
Tunnies. [L. thunnus,
thynnus, Gr. qy`nnos, qy^nos: cf. It. tonno, F. & Pr. thon.]
(Zo["o]l.)
The chiefly British equivalent of
tuna; any one of several
species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel
family, especially the common or great tunny (
Thunnus thynnus
syn.
Albacora thynnus, formerly
Orcynus thynnus)
native of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It
sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is
extensively caught in the Mediterranean. On the American
coast it is called
horse mackerel. See Illust. of
Horse mackerel
, under
Horse. [Written also
thynny.]
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Note: The little tunny (
Gymnosarda alletterata) of the
Mediterranean and North Atlantic, and the long-finned
tunny, or albicore (
Thunnus alalunga, see
Albacore), are related species of smaller size.
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