Akademik

Euthynnus

noun

a genus of Scombridae

• Syn: ↑genus Euthynnus

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Scombridae, ↑family Scombridae

• Member Meronyms: ↑skipjack, ↑skipjack tuna, ↑Euthynnus pelamis

* * *

\\yüˈthinəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from eu- + Greek thynnos tunny — more at tunny

: a genus of comparatively small tunas with teeth on the palatine bones that includes the little tuna cosmopolitan in tropical seas

Useful english dictionary. 2012.