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金槍魚
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Tunny \Tun"ny\ (t[u^]n"n[y^]), n.; pl. {Tunnies}. [L. thunnus,
thynnus, Gr. qy`nnos, qy^nos: cf. It. tonno, F. & Pr. thon.]
(Zo["o]l.)
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. 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}.
[Written also {thynny}.]
Note: The little tunny ({Gymnosarda alletterata}) of the
Mediterranean and North Atlantic, and the long-finned
tunny, or albicore (see {Albicore}), are related
species of smaller size.
資料來源 : WordNet®
tunny
n 1: important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the
family Scombridae; usually served as steaks [syn: {tuna},
{tuna fish}]
2: any very large marine food and game fish of the genus
Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters [syn:
{tuna}]