Tunny

Quick meaning: Tunny is a noun meaning (dated) Synonym of tuna.

Meaning

(dated) Synonym of tuna.

Example Sentences

You're a lucky guy to be eating anything right now. Instead you might easily be feeding the tunny fish and tarpon, to say nothing of the astronesthes and myctophids--

The floor of the chamber was tesselated, of marble and green tourmaline, and on every square of tourmaline was carven the image of a fish: as the dolphin, the conger, the cat-fish, the salmon, the tunny, the squid, and other wonders of the deep.

Word Forms

• tunnies

Synonyms for tunny

Depending on context, synonyms include tuna.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tuna, thunny, tunafish, tinfish, sunny, maguro.

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