/ˈtʌni/
OriginFrom Middle French thon + -y, from Old Occitan ton, from Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos), + -y.
- countable, dated, uncountableSynonym of tuna.
“The floor of the chamber was tesselated, of marble and green tourmaline, and on every square of tourmaline was carven the image of a fish: as the dolphin, the conger, the cat-fish, the salmon, the tun”
“You're a lucky guy to be eating anything right now. Instead you might easily be feeding the tunny fish and tarpon, to say nothing of the astronesthes and myctophids--”
Formstunny(plural) · tunnies(plural) · thunny(alternative, archaic)