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noun
- Any of various large vigorous scombroid fishes (as of the genera Euthynnus, Katsuwonus, and especially Thunnus) that are usually dark above and silvery below and include many that are valued as food or sport fishes see albacore, bigeye tuna, bluefin tuna, dogtooth tuna, little tunny, skipjack tuna, yellowfin tuna
- The flesh of a tuna used for food
"grilled tuna"
noun
- Any of various flat-jointed prickly pears (genus Opuntia)
- The edible fruit of a tuna
noun
- A food made by mixing chopped tuna with mayonnaise
noun
- A large-eyed tuna (Thunnus obesus) that has long pectoral fins and often a bluish stripe on the side and is found in warm ocean waters worldwide
noun
- A very large tuna (Thunnus thynnus) that is an important food and game fish
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- A medium-sized nearly scaleless tuna (Gymnosarda unicolor) of the Indian and southwestern Pacific Ocean that has a large mouth with long conical teeth, often reaches a length of over five feet (1.5 meters), and is valued especially as a sport fish
"On ledges and drop-offs along the cliff walls, small groups of big dogtooth tuna wait for the baitfish."
noun
- A relatively small tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis synonym Euthynnus pelamis) that is bluish above and silvery below with oblique dark stripes on the sides and belly
"Switch to canned chunk light tuna packed in water, which generally comes from skipjack tuna …"
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- A nearly cosmopolitan tuna (Thunnus albacares) with yellowish fins
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- A large tuna (Thunnus alalunga) of temperate and subtropical oceans that has long pectoral fins, that is dark blue with a gray to silvery-white belly, that may reach a length of 50 inches (127 centimeters), and that is a source of canned tuna
"Typically albacore are found between 40 to 80 miles offshore, but they can be even farther out depending on water surface temperatures."
- Any of several tuna related to the albacore see also false albacore
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- A small active nearly scaleless tuna (Euthynnus alletteratus) of warm usually shallow marine waters that is blue above with short dark wavy stripes and silvery-white below, that typically reaches a length of 32 inches (81 centimeters), and that is valued as a sport fish false albacore
"There may be no better inshore fighting fish than the little tunny, but they're also the poorest table fare in the family …"
This clue was used on July 29, 2025.