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 tun·ny /ˈtʌni/
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 Tun·ny n.; pl. Tunnies   Zool. The chiefly British equivalent of tuna; any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny (Thunnus thynnus syn. Albacora thynnus, formerly Orcynus 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 (Thunnus alalunga, see Albacore), are related species of smaller size.
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 tunny
      n 1: important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the
           family Scombridae; usually served as steaks [syn: tuna,
            tuna fish]
      2: any very large marine food and game fish of the genus
         Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters [syn:
          tuna]