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tuno

tuno noun: a vegan or vegetarian tuna fish substitute, usually soy or chickpea-based.

tuno: a vegan or vegetarian tuna fish substitute, usually soy or chickpea-based
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Noun

tuno (uncountable)

  1. A vegan or vegetarian tuna fish substitute, usually soy or chickpea-based
    • Not only are there “unreal” vegetarian sandwiches like tofu burger, Vigor burger, wham salad (like ham), and tuno salad (like tuna), all bulging with sprouts, shaved carrots, and sunflower seeds, and only costing $1.95 to $2.95, but there are now “real” sandwiches, still health-oriented, like bull...1987, Faye Hammel, Sylvan Levey, chapter 5, in Frommer's Hawaii on $45 a day, Prentice Hall Press, pages 129-130

Forms of tuno

alternative formTuno
alternative formTuNO

Origin of tuno

Blend of tuna + no, from the trademark TUNO produced by Loma Linda Foods.

Questions about tuno

What does tuno mean?
Tuno means a vegan or vegetarian tuna fish substitute, usually soy or chickpea-based.
What part of speech is tuno?
Tuno is a noun.

Words near tuno in the dictionary

  1. tunnland
  2. tunnlands
  3. tunny
  4. tunnyfish
  5. tunnyfishes
  6. tuno
  7. tunob
  8. Tunquin
  9. tuns
  10. tunsful
  11. Tunstall

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