tuna

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   Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.countableuncountable

   • Tuna was carried down by the flood; and when Maui saw him in the net he stretched forth his arm and with a blow of his stone axe smote Tuna and cut off his head, and it and the tail fell into the ocean. ... The head became fish, and the tai
2. 2

   The edible flesh of the tuna.countableuncountable

syn. tuna fish · tunny

1. 1

   The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia.

2. 2

   The fruit of the cactus.

   • THE TUNA OR PRICKLY PEAR AS A FOOD FOR MAN

1. 1

   Someone who is seen as socially successful despite not being a gang member.slang