i., zool. orkinos, tonbalığı

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Definition of i., zool. orkinos, tonbalığı in Turkish English dictionary

tunny

{n} the name of a seafish

{i} any of several kinds of large edible fish of the family Scombridae who are native to mild and tropical waters, tuna (especially British)

Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny (Orcynus or Albacora thynnus) native of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean

any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters

important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks

It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is extensively caught in the Mediterranean

tuna

tunny a British word for tuna

On the American coast it is called horse mackerel

of Horse mackerel, under Horse

Hyphenation

i., zo·ol. or·ki·nos, ton·ba·lı·ğı