What does TUNA mean?
Definitions for TUNA
ˈtu nə, ˈtyu-tu·na
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Princeton's WordNet
tuna, Opuntia tunanoun
tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica
tuna, tuna fish, tunnynoun
important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
tuna, tunnynoun
any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
tuna, Anguilla sucklandiinoun
New Zealand eel
Wiktionary
tunanoun
A type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia.
tunanoun
The fruit of the cactus.
Etymology: From American Spanish alteration of the atún, from تن, from thunnus.
Wikipedia
Tuna
A tuna is a saltwater fish that belongs to the tribe Thunnini, a subgrouping of the Scombridae (mackerel) family. The Thunnini comprise 15 species across five genera, the sizes of which vary greatly, ranging from the bullet tuna (max length: 50 cm or 1.6 ft, weight: 1.8 kg or 4 lb) up to the Atlantic bluefin tuna (max length: 4.6 m or 15 ft, weight: 684 kg or 1,508 lb), which averages 2 m (6.6 ft) and is believed to live up to 50 years. Tuna, opah and mackerel sharks are the only species of fish that can maintain a body temperature higher than that of the surrounding water. An active and agile predator, the tuna has a sleek, streamlined body, and is among the fastest-swimming pelagic fish – the yellowfin tuna, for example, is capable of speeds of up to 75 km/h (47 mph). Greatly inflated speeds can be found in early scientific reports and are still widely reported in the popular literature.Found in warm seas, the tuna is commercially fished extensively as a food fish, and is popular as a bluewater game fish. As a result of overfishing, some tuna species, such as the southern bluefin tuna, are threatened with extinction.
Webster Dictionary
Tunanoun
the Opuntia Tuna. See Prickly pear, under Prickly
Tunanoun
the tunny
Tunanoun
the bonito, 2
Wikidata
Tuna
A tuna is a saltwater finfish that belongs to the tribe Thunnini, a sub-grouping of the mackerel family – which together with the tunas, also includes the bonitos, mackerels, and Spanish mackerels. Thunnini comprises fifteen species across five genera, the sizes of which vary greatly, ranging from the bullet tuna up to the Atlantic bluefin tuna. The bluefin averages 2 m, and is believed to live for up to 50 years. Their circulatory and respiratory systems are unique among fish, enabling them to maintain a body temperature higher than the surrounding water. An active and agile predator, the tuna has a sleek, streamlined body, and is among the fastest-swimming pelagic fish – the yellowfin tuna, for example, is capable of speeds of up to 75 km/h. Found in warm seas, it is extensively fished commercially and is popular as a game fish. As a result of over-fishing, stocks of some tuna species, such as the Southern bluefin tuna, have been reduced dangerously close to the point of extinction.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Tuna
tū′na, n. a prickly pear, also its fruit.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Tuna
Common name for various species of large, vigorous ocean fishes in the family Scombridae.
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TUNA
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tuna is ranked #108199 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Tuna surname appeared 164 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Tuna.
66.4% or 109 total occurrences were White.
26.8% or 44 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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Anagrams for TUNA »
taun
naut
tuan
antu
aunt
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of TUNA in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of TUNA in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of TUNA in a Sentence
To choose Norm Coleman over Walter Mondale is like going to a great steakhouse and ordering the tuna sandwich.
When I was Michael Cimarusti, at Water Grill and Spago, I was in the process of becoming increasingly aware of these things, but now, I mean you have to be sleeping under a rock not to know that when some food blogger in Tokyo posts photos and writes about the delights of eating Pacific bluefin tuna -- which is down to 4 % of its historic biomass -- that person is not doing the world any favors.
I've never seen what all the fuss is about, it's about as challenging a taste as tuna fish salad.
Gavin Gibbons can consume a lot of fish but Gavin Gibbons really want to get the biggest bang for Gavin Gibbons bite, my advice is to toss the tuna. Pregnancy is not forever. In the scheme of life, nine months is a small sacrifice to make for a growing fetus.
It may be that we have Bluefin tuna fish here to stay.
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- تونة, سمك التنArabic
- tonyinaCatalan, Valencian
- tuňákCzech
- tiwnaWelsh
- tunDanish
- ThunfischGerman
- τόνοςGreek
- tuna, atún, nopalSpanish
- tunfiskurFaroese
- thonFrench
- tuinnínIrish
- atún, túnidoGalician
- טונהHebrew
- tonhalHungarian
- թյուննոսArmenian
- tonnoItalian
- 鮪, ツナ, マグロJapanese
- 다랑어, 참치, 참다랑어Korean
- thunnusLatin
- tunasLithuanian
- tuncisLatvian
- tonijnDutch
- tuńczykPolish
- atumPortuguese
- tonRomanian
- туне́цRussian
- tuniakSlovak
- tonfiskSwedish
- ton balığı, orkinosTurkish
- cá ngừ đại dươngVietnamese
- 金枪鱼Chinese
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