Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tunny
2 senses of tunny
Sense 1
tuna, tuna fish, tunny -- (important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks)
=> saltwater fish -- (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)
Sense 2
tuna, tunny -- (any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters)
=> scombroid, scombroid fish -- (important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters)
=> food fish -- (any fish used for food by human beings)