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tuna

noun

  1. common name for a group of fishes
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈtjuː.nə/ / /ˈtjuːnə/ / /ˈtuːnə/ / /ˈtʃuː.nə/ / /ˈtu.nə/

name

Etymology: Etymology tree Māori Tunabor. English Tuna Borrowed from Māori Tuna.

  1. A god, considered the son of Manga-wai-roa and source of eels.

    “Tuna was carried down by the flood; and when Maui saw him in the net he stretched forth his arm and with a blow of his stone axe smote Tuna and cut off his head, and it and the tail fell into the ocean. [...] The head became fish, and the tail became the koiro (ngoiro—conger-eel).”

noun

Etymology: From Taíno.

  1. The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia.
  2. The fruit of the cactus.

    “THE TUNA OR PRICKLY PEAR AS A FOOD FOR MAN”