tuna

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  1. noun Any of various often large scombroid marine food and game fishes of the genus Thunnus and related genera, many of which, including T. thynnus and the albacore, are commercially important sources of canned fish. Also called tunny.
  2. noun Any of several related fishes, such as the bonito.
  3. noun The edible flesh of tuna, often canned or processed. Also called tuna fish.

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  1. American Spanish, from Spanish atún, from Arabic at-tūn, the tuna, from Latin thunnus; see tunny.
  2. American Spanish, from Taino.
 

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