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TUNA FISH

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks

Synonyms:

tuna; tuna fish; tunny

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("tuna fish" is a kind of...):

saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tuna fish"):

albacore (relatively small tuna with choice white flesh; major source of canned tuna)

bonito (flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna)

bluefin; bluefin tuna (flesh of very large tuna)

Holonyms ("tuna fish" is a part of...):

tuna; tunny (any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters)

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