tu´na|like´

tu´na|like´
tu|na1 «TOO nuh», noun, plural tu|nas or (collectively) tu|na.
1. a large sea fish, closely related to the mackerel, having coarse oily flesh that is widely used as food; tunny; horse mackerel. It is valued as a game fish.
2. any one of several similar or related fishes.
3. the flesh of the tuna. Tuna tastes somewhat like chicken.
[American English < American Spanish tuna < Spanish atún < Arabic tun < Latin thunnus; see etym. under tunny (Cf.tunny)]
tu´na|like´, adjective.
tu|na2 «TOO nuh», noun.
1. any one of several prickly pears, especially a treelike pear of tropical America with an edible fruit.
2. the fruit itself.
[< Spanish tuna < Arawak (Haiti)]

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