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/ˈtjuː.nə/ · noun
Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae..
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).
THE TUNA OR PRICKLY PEAR AS A FOOD FOR MAN
Use tuna when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tuna means Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae..
Common synonyms include tuna fish, tunny, opuntia tuna, anguilla sucklandii.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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