TUNNY
Dictionary entry overview: What does tunny mean?
• TUNNY (noun)
The noun TUNNY has 2 senses:
1. important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
2. any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
Familiarity information: TUNNY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TUNNY (noun)
Meaning:
Important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
tuna fish; tunny; tuna
Hypernyms ("tunny" is a kind of...):
saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tunny"):
albacore (relatively small tuna with choice white flesh; major source of canned tuna)
bonito (flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna)
bluefin; bluefin tuna (flesh of very large tuna)
Holonyms ("tunny" is a part of...):
tuna; tunny (any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters)
Meaning:
Any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
tunny; tuna
Hypernyms ("tunny" is a kind of...):
food fish (any fish used for food by human beings)
scombroid; scombroid fish (important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters)
Meronyms (parts of "tunny"):
tuna; tuna fish; tunny (important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tunny"):
albacore; long-fin tunny; Thunnus alalunga (large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate 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 ("tunny" is a member of...):
genus Thunnus; Thunnus (tunas: warm-blooded fishes)
