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Date: 1800-1900
Language: American Spanish
Origin: Spanish atun, from Arabic tun, from Latin thunnus, from Greek thynnos

tuna

 noun
     
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tu‧na plural tuna
1 [countable]HBF a large sea fish caught for food
2 [uncountable]DF also tuna fish the flesh of this fish, usually sold cooked in tins
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