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(n): cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock

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

(n): flesh of fish from the sea used as food

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

(n): important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters

(n): any fish used for food by human beings

(n): New Zealand eel

(n): voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins

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10 months ago frangarnes said: Another meaning

In Spain, a 'tuna' is a folk music band. The members of the band are the 'tunos', and they usually are students (at university). You can see a typical 'tuna' in this photo. I hate the tunos!
By the way, I've just remembered that rondalla means the same that tuna (the music band)

10 months ago yarb said:

Not only fish, but also the cactus fruit, bright red, figlike, with hundreds of edible pits.

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