| yellowfin tuna | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. thunnus albacares, yellowfin, yellowfin tuna | may reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics. |
| ~ genus thunnus, thunnus | tunas: warm-blooded fishes. |
| ~ tunny, tuna | any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters. |
| tuna | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. opuntia tuna, tuna | tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica. |
| ~ prickly pear, prickly pear cactus | cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock. |
| n. (food) | 2. tuna, tuna fish, tunny | important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks. |
| ~ tunny, tuna | any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters. |
| ~ saltwater fish | flesh of fish from the sea used as food. |
| ~ albacore | relatively small tuna with choice white flesh; major source of canned tuna. |
| ~ bonito | flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna. |
| ~ bluefin, bluefin tuna | flesh of very large tuna. |
| n. (animal) | 3. tuna, tunny | any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters. |
| ~ food fish | any fish used for food by human beings. |
| ~ scombroid, scombroid fish | important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters. |
| ~ genus thunnus, thunnus | tunas: warm-blooded fishes. |
| ~ long-fin tunny, thunnus alalunga, albacore | large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters. |
| ~ horse mackerel, thunnus thynnus, bluefin, bluefin tuna | largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics. |
| ~ thunnus albacares, yellowfin, yellowfin tuna | may reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics. |
| ~ tuna fish, tunny, tuna | important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks. |
| n. (animal) | 4. anguilla sucklandii, tuna | New Zealand eel. |
| ~ eel | voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins. |
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