tuna
n. C / Un. a large sea fish that people often eat. You can buy it fresh or in a metal can.
n. a large, fast-swimming marine fish of the mackerel family, widely used as a food source. Often refers to the flesh of the fish when used in a culinary context.
I usually have a tuna sandwich for lunch.
The chef prepares fresh tuna steaks with a light crust of black pepper and sesame seeds.
Commercial fishing for bluefin tuna is strictly regulated to prevent the collapse of populations in the Mediterranean and Atlantic.
Etymology tree Arabic اَلْ (al-) Phoenicianbor. Ancient Greek θῠ́ννος (thŭ́nnos)bor. Latin thunnusbor. Arabic تُنّ (tunn) Arabic اَلتُّنّ (at-tunn) Andalusian Arabic [Term?]bor. Old Spanish atun Spanish atúnder. United States Spanish tunabor. English tuna Borrowed from United States Spanish tuna, alteration of Spanish atún, from Arabic اَلتُّنّ (at-tunn, “tuna”), from Latin thunnus, itself from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos). Possibly in the sense of "darter" from thynein "to dart along". Doublet of tonno.
From Taíno.
Uncountable when referring to the meat as food; countable when referring to the individual fish or different species.