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THUNNUS

• THUNNUS (noun)
The noun THUNNUS has 1 sense:

1. tunas: warm-blooded fishes

Familiarity information: THUNNUS used as a noun is very rare.

• THUNNUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Tunas: warm-blooded fishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Thunnus; Thunnus

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Thunnus"):

tuna; tunny (any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm 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 ("Thunnus" is a member of...):

family Scombridae; Scombridae (marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna)

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