tunny
/ˈtʌni/
tunny noun: synonym of tuna.
Noun
tunny (countable and uncountable, plural tunny or tunnies)
- Synonym of tuna.
- The floor of the chamber was tesselated, of marble and green tourmaline, and on every square of tourmaline was carven the image of a fish: as the dolphin, the conger, the cat-fish, the salmon, the tunny, the squid, and other wonders of the deep.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 3
- You're a lucky guy to be eating anything right now. Instead you might easily be feeding the tunny fish and tarpon, to say nothing of the astronesthes and myctophids--2021, Edward Stratemeyer, Don Sturdy on the Ocean Bottom
- Synonyms:
- tuna
tunny meaning in Tamil
tunny in Tamil
- கடல் உணவு மீன்வகை
Synonyms of tunny
Forms of tunny
| plural | tunny |
|---|---|
| plural | tunnies |
| alternative form (archaic) | thunny |
Origin of tunny
From Middle French thon + -y, from Old Occitan ton, from Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos).
Words formed from tunny
Questions about tunny
- What does tunny mean?
- Tunny means synonym of tuna.
- What is tunny in Tamil?
- Tunny in Tamil is கடல் உணவு மீன்வகை. See Tunny meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tunny?
- Tunny is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tunny?
- Tunny is pronounced /ˈtʌni/.
- What is the plural of tunny?
- The plural of tunny is tunny.
Words near tunny in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tunny (page history and authors); tunny (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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