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Webster 1913 Edition
Tunny
Tun′ny
(tŭn′ny̆)
, Noun.
pl.
Tunnies
(#)
. [L.
thunnus
, thynnus
, Gr. θύννος
, θῦνος
: cf. It. tonno
, F. & Pr. thon
.] (Zool.)
The chiefly British equivalent of
tuna
; any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny (Thunnus thynnus
syn. Albacora thynnus
, formerly Orcynus thynnus
) native of the Mediterranean Sea
and the Atlantic Ocean
. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is extensively caught in the Mediterranean. On the American coast it is called horse mackerel
. See Illust. of Horse mackerel
, under Horse
. [Written also
thynny
.] ☞ The little tunny (
Gymnosarda alletterata
) of the Mediterranean and North Atlantic, and the long-finned tunny, or albicore (Thunnus alalunga
, see Albacore
), are related species of smaller size. Webster 1828 Edition
Tunny
TUN'NY
,Noun.