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Tunnies
(gcide) | 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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