tunny
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tunny
- /ˈtʌni/
Where it comes from
From Middle French thon + -y, from Old Occitan ton, from Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos).
noun tunny · tunnies · thunny
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Synonym 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 tunny, the squid, and other wonders of the deep.
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Talk about this word "tunny." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tunny. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tunny. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tunny "tunny." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tunny.Cite this
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title = {tunny},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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