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Thunnus

noun

tunas: warm-blooded fishes

• Syn: ↑genus Thunnus

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Scombridae, ↑family Scombridae

• Member Meronyms:

↑tuna, ↑tunny, ↑bluefin, ↑bluefin tuna, ↑horse mackerel, ↑Thunnus thynnus, ↑yellowfin, ↑yellowfin tuna, ↑Thunnus albacares

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\\ˈthənəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, tunny — more at tunny

: a genus of large marine fishes that comprises the typical tunas and is sometimes made the type of a separate family but is usually included among the Scombridae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.