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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
1T2U3N4A

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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