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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A commercially important tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) of tropical to warm temperate waters, having dark stripes on the side.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito
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