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Definition of: tunny
(tun′ē) noun plural ·nies
1. A large, oily, marine fish (family Thunnidae) related to the mackerel, especially the great tunny (Thunnus thynnus) of warm seas, sometimes weighing 1,500 pounds.
2. One of various related fishes, as the albacore and the California horse mackerel (Trachurus symmetricus). [<OF thon <L thunnus <Gk. thynnos]
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