thynny

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thynny - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tunny \Tun"ny\ (t[u^]n"n[y^]), n.; pl. Tunnies. [L. thunnus,
     thynnus, Gr. qy`nnos, qy^nos: cf. It. tonno, F. & Pr. thon.]
     (Zool.)
     The chiefly British equivalent of tuna; any one of several
     species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel
     family, especially the common or great tunny (Thunnus thynnus
      syn. Albacora thynnus, formerly Orcynus thynnus)
     native of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It
     sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is
     extensively caught in the Mediterranean. On the American
     coast it is called horse mackerel. See Illust. of Horse mackerel
     , under Horse. [Written also thynny.]
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     Note: The little tunny (Gymnosarda alletterata) of the
           Mediterranean and North Atlantic, and the long-finned
           tunny, or albicore (Thunnus alalunga, see
           Albacore), are related species of smaller size.
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