English noun: tuna |
1. | tuna (plant) tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica |
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| Synonyms | Opuntia tuna |
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| Broader (hypernym) | prickly pear, prickly pear cactus |
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2. | tuna (food) important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks |
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| Synonyms | tuna fish, tunny |
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| Broader (hypernym) | saltwater fish |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | albacore, bluefin, bluefin tuna, bonito |
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| Part meronym | tuna, tunny |
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3. | tuna (animal) any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters |
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| Synonyms | tunny |
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| Broader (hypernym) | food fish, scombroid, scombroid fish |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | albacore, bluefin, bluefin tuna, horse mackerel, long-fin tunny, Thunnus alalunga, Thunnus albacares, Thunnus thynnus, yellowfin, yellowfin tuna |
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| Part holonym | tuna, tuna fish, tunny |
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| Member meronym | genus Thunnus, Thunnus |
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4. | tuna (animal) New Zealand eel |
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| Synonyms | Anguilla sucklandii |
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| Broader (hypernym) | eel |
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