tu‧na /ˈtjuːnə $ ˈtuːnə/
noun (
plural tuna)
[
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: American Spanish;
Origin: Spanish atun, from Arabic tun, from Latin thunnus, from Greek thynnos]
1. [countable] a large sea fish caught for food
2. [uncountable] (
also tuna fish) the flesh of this fish, usually sold cooked in
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