tuna
tuna Lexical Profile
tuna Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The edible pink or dark red flesh of a tuna, commonly sold fresh for steaks and sushi or cooked and canned.
"She made a simple and nutritious lunch by mixing canned tuna with mayonnaise and diced celery."
A large, fast-swimming marine fish of the mackerel family (tribe Thunnini), found in temperate and tropical oceans worldwide and commercially important for food.
"The fishermen spent hours tracking a massive school of bluefin tuna migrating across the Pacific Ocean."
Word Nuance & Usage
When referring to multiple individual fish of the same species, the plural is typically 'tuna'; when referring to different species of the fish, 'tunas' is used.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from American Spanish 'tuna', ultimately derived from Latin 'thunnus' and Ancient Greek 'thúnnos' (tunny-fish).