Tuna

Definitions

1. Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.
   countable, uncountable
2. The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia.
3. Various towns and (historical) former settlements in Sweden.
4. A god, considered the son of Manga-wai-roa and source of eels.
5. The edible flesh of the tuna.
   countable, uncountable
6. The fruit of the cactus.

Equivalents

Examples

“Tuna was carried down by the flood⟳; and when Maui saw⟳ him in the net he stretched forth his arm and with a blow⟳ of his stone axe smote Tuna and cut⟳ off his head, and it and the tail fell into the ocean. ... The head became fish⟳, and the tail became the koiro (ngoiro—conger-eel).”

“THE TUNA OR PRICKLY PEAR AS A FOOD FOR MAN”

“Tuna was carried down by the flood⟳; and when Maui saw⟳ him in the net he stretched forth his arm and with a blow⟳ of his stone axe smote Tuna and cut⟳ off his head, and it and the tail fell into the ocean. [...] The head became fish⟳, and the tail became the koiro (ngoiro—conger-eel).”

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