tuna

Noun
  1. Tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica (synset 111872617)
    is a type of: prickly pear, prickly pear cactus - cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock
    same as: opuntia tuna
  2. Important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae;
    Usually served as steaks (synset 107796603)
    is a type of: saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food
    subtypes:
    • 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
    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
    same as: tuna fish, tunny
  3. Any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus;
    Related to mackerel;
    Chiefly of warm waters (synset 102629392)
    is a type 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
    subtypes:
    belongs to: genus thunnus, thunnus - tunas: warm-blooded fishes
    has: tuna, tuna fish, tunny - important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
    same as: tunny
  4. New Zealand eel (synset 102529688)
    is a type of: eel - voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins
    same as: anguilla sucklandii

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