tuna

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ADJ.

able, declining, future, hydrodynamic, live, longer, many, other

VERB + TUNA

ate, buy, canned, eat, eats, fish, hope, house

TUNA + NOUN

cans, casserole, day, fillets, japanese, mackerel, noodle, pear

PREP.

down, in, off, since, up, with

ADV.

namely, quickly

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noun

1

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).

2

The edible flesh of the tuna.

noun

1

The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia.

2

The fruit of the cactus.

THE TUNA OR PRICKLY PEAR AS A FOOD FOR MAN

name

1

Various towns and (historical) former settlements in Sweden.

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noun — any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnu

tunny

noun — important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the

tunny

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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 ocea

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THE TUNA OR PRICKLY PEAR AS A FOOD FOR MAN

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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 ocea

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The tuna catch is declining.

Tatoeba · #32870

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The skin of a shark is much rougher than that of a tuna fish.

Tatoeba · #54018

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Can I get a kilo of tuna fish fillets please?

Tatoeba · #434356

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