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ˈtʌn itun·ny

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. tuna, tuna fish, tunnynoun

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

  2. tuna, tunnynoun

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

Wiktionary

  1. tunnynoun

    Tuna.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Tunnynoun

    A sea-fish.

    Etymology: tonnen, Ital. thynnus, Lat.

    Some fish are boiled and preserved fresh in vinegar, as tonny and turbot. Carew.

ChatGPT

  1. tunny

    Tunny is another term for the Atlantic bluefin tuna, a large species of fish found in the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean. It's known for its speed and strength and is a highly valued food source, particularly in sushi and sashimi dishes.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tunnynoun

    any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny (Orcynus / Albacora 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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Tunny

    tun′i, n. a very large fish of the mackerel family (Scombridæ), fished chiefly on the Mediterranean coasts. [L. thunnus—Gr. thynnosthynein, to dart along.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. tunny

    A well-known large fish of the family Scombridæ. It forms an important branch of Mediterranean commerce.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. TUNNY

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tunny is ranked #102197 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Tunny surname appeared 176 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Tunny.

    97.7% or 172 total occurrences were White.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Tunny in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Tunny in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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