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Word entry · 4 letters

tuna

Best crossword clue

"Large food fish"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈtjuː.nə/Part of speech nounSorted antuStarts with TEnds with A1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Large ocean fish widely used as food.

Word origin

Borrowed from United States Spanish tuna, alteration of Spanish atún, from Arabic اَلتُّنّ (at-tunn, “tuna”), from Latin thunnus, itself from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos). Possibly in the sense of "darter" from thynein "to dart along". Doublet of tonno.

Used in a sentence

  • THE TUNA OR PRICKLY PEAR AS A FOOD FOR MAN

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