Tunny
Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny (Orcynus / Albacora thynnus) native of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is extensively caught in the Mediterranean. On the American coast it is called horse mackerel. See Illust. of Horse mackerel, under Horse.
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Tunny Translations
tunny in Dutch is tonijn
tunny in French is thon
tunny in German is Thunfische, Thunfisch, Thunfisch
tunny in Italian is tonno
tunny in Portuguese is atuns, atum
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