Tunny : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Tunny	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tunny n important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks Synonym(s): tuna, tuna fish, tunny any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters Synonym(s): tuna, tunny
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tunny \Tun"ny\ (t[ucr]n"n[ycr]), n.; pl. {Tunnies}. [L. thunnus, thynnus, Gr. qy`nnos, qy^nos: cf. It. tonno, F. & Pr. thon.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny ({Orcynus [or] 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}. [Written also {thynny}.] Note: The little tunny ({Gymnosarda alletterata}) of the Mediterranean and North Atlantic, and the long-finned tunny, or albicore (see {Albicore}), are related species of smaller size.