Meaning

noun tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica

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

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

originEtymology tree Arabic اَلْ (al-) Phoenicianbor. Ancient Greek θῠ́ννος (thŭ́nnos)bor. Latin thunnusbor. Arabic تُنّ (tunn) Arabic اَلتُّنّ (at-tunn) Andalusian Arabicbor. Old Spanish atun Spanish atúnder. United States Spanish tunabor. English tuna Borrowed from United States Spanish tuna, alteration of Spanish atún, from Arabic اَلتُّنّ (at-tunn, “tuna”), from Latin thunnus, itself from Ancient…

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