TUNNY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tunny mean? 

• TUNNY (noun)
  The noun TUNNY has 2 senses:

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

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

  Familiarity information: TUNNY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUNNY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

tuna; tuna fish; tunny

Hypernyms ("tunny" is a kind of...):

saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tunny"):

albacore (relatively small tuna with choice white flesh; major source of canned tuna)

bonito (flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna)

bluefin; bluefin tuna (flesh of very large tuna)

Holonyms ("tunny" is a part of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

tuna; tunny

Hypernyms ("tunny" is a kind of...):

food fish (any fish used for food by human beings)

scombroid; scombroid fish (important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters)

Meronyms (parts of "tunny"):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tunny"):

albacore; long-fin tunny; Thunnus alalunga (large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters)

bluefin; bluefin tuna; horse mackerel; Thunnus thynnus (largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics)

Thunnus albacares; yellowfin; yellowfin tuna (may reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics)

Holonyms ("tunny" is a member of...):

genus Thunnus; Thunnus (tunas: warm-blooded fishes)