thunniform

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adjective

Resembling a tuna.

OriginLatin thunnus →
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Meanings

adjectivethunniform (not comparable)
  1. not comparableResembling a tuna.

    The mackerel is a scombroid fish, like the tuna, and is essentially thunniform.

    1999, Christopher McGowan, A Practical Guide to Vertebrate Mechanics
  2. not comparableSwimming in the manner of a tuna, by undulation of the caudal fin.

Origin

  1. Latinthunnus“tuna”
  2. Englishthunniform

From Latin thunnus (“tuna”) + -iform.

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APA

thunniform. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thunniform

MLA

“thunniform.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thunniform. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thunniform,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thunniform.

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