tunnies

Large marine fish

Tunnies is the plural of tunny, an older or British term for tuna—large, fast-swimming fish prized for their meat.

The word appears in fishing contexts and older texts: The fishermen hauled in several tunnies.

In contemporary American English, tuna has largely displaced tunny.

fish

bluefin

Large migratory tuna species

bonito · sashimi · sushi · fishing · seine · longline · mackerel · pelagic · migration · spawning

culinary

sashimi

Thinly sliced raw fish

canned · preserved · belly · toro · carpaccio · poke · crudo · escabeche · anchovy · brine

commercial

fishery

Seafood harvesting enterprise

export · fleet · vessel · harvest · sustainable · stock · industry · trade · processor · frozen

Opposites
fish size

tunniessardines

Small canned herring relatives

anchovies · minnows · whitebait · sprats · silversides

marine habitat/behavior

tunniesflatfish

Asymmetrical seafloor swimmer

flounders · halibut · rockfish · gobies · sculpins

predator-prey relationship

tunniesbaitfish

Small prey fish for angling

forage fish · filter feeders · krill

Family

tuna, tunas, tunny

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