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tunny (countable and uncountable, plural tunny or tunnies)

(dated) Synonym of tuna
- 2021, Edward Stratemeyer, Don Sturdy on the Ocean Bottom:
  You're a lucky guy to be eating anything right now. Instead you might easily be feeding the tunny fish and tarpon, to say nothing of the astronesthes and myctophids--

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 ==English==
+===Alternative forms===
+* {{alter|en|thunny||archaic}}
+===Etymology===
+From {{af|en|thon|-y|lang1=frm}}, from {{der|en|pro|ton}}, from {{der|en|la|thunnus}}, from {{der|en|grc|θύννος}}, + {{af|en|-y}}.
+===Pronunciation===
+* {{IPA|en|/tʌni/}}
 ===Noun===
-{{en-noun|tunnies}}
+{{en-noun|~|tunny|tunnies}}
+# {{lb|en|dated}} {{synonym of|en|tuna}}
+#* {{quote-book|en|year=2021| title=Don Sturdy on the Ocean Bottom |author=Edward Stratemeyer | page=| passage=You're a lucky guy to be eating anything right now. Instead you might easily be feeding the '''tunny''' fish and tarpon, to say nothing of the  astronesthes and myctophids-- }}
+====Derived terms====
+{{col-auto|en|little tunny}}
+====Descendants====
+* {{desc|ga|tuinnín|bor=1}}
+===Anagrams===
+* {{anagrams|en|a=nntuy|nunty}}
+{{C|en|Scombroids}}
-# [[tuna]]