tuna

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see also: Tuna

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Pronunciation

• (Aus, British) enPR: tyo͞o'nə, IPA: /ˈtjuː.nə/
• (America) enPR: to͞o'nə, IPA: /ˈtu.nə/, /ˈtju.nə/

Noun

tuna

1. Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.
   • 1887, John White, The Ancient History of the Maori, 84 ↗:

     Tuna was carried down by the flood; and when Maui saw him in the net he stretched forth his arm and with a blow of his stone axe smote Tuna and cut off his head, and it and the tail fell into the ocean. ... The head became fish, and the tail became the koiro (ngoiro—conger-eel).

2. The edible flesh of the tuna.

Synonyms

• tuna fish, tunny

Translations

• French: thon
• German: Thunfisch
• Italian: tonno
• Portuguese: atum
• Russian: туне́ц
• Spanish: atún

Noun

tuna (plural tunas)

1. The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia.
2. The fruit of the cactus.

Translations

• Spanish: nopal

Translations

• Spanish: tuna

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Tuna

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Pronunciation

• (Aus, British) enPR: tyo͞o'nə, IPA: /ˈtjuː.nə/
• (GNZ) IPA: /ˈtjuːnə/, /ˈtuːnə/, /ˈtʉ.nɐ/
• (America) enPR: to͞o'nə, IPA: /ˈtu.nə/, /ˈtju.nə/

Proper noun

1. (Maori mythology) An eel-god, the son of Manga-wai-roa.
   • 1887, John White, The Ancient History of the Maori, 84 ↗:

     Tuna was carried down by the flood; and when Maui saw him in the net he stretched forth his arm and with a blow of his stone axe smote Tuna and cut off his head, and it and the tail fell into the ocean. ... The head became fish, and the tail became the koiro (ngoiro—conger-eel).

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