Meanings
plural tunnies · alternative archaic thunny
- countabledateduncountableSynonym of tuna.
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 Bottom1 more example
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 3Synonyms: tuna
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of tuna.
More synonyms by meaning
nounimportant warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
nounany very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekθύννος
- Latinthunnus
- Old Occitanton
- Englishtunny
From Middle French thon + -y, from Old Occitan ton, from Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos).
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
tunny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tunny
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