tunny

tunny is a 5-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny (Orcynus / Albacora 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny (Orcynus / Albacora 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.
2. noun. any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters

   Synonyms: tuna

3. noun. important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks

   Synonyms: tuna

Synonyms

tuna

Common word forms

tunnies

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