Definition of "tunny" [tun•ny]

• See tuna1. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "They are of opinion that the tunny is a fish a year older than the pelamyd."
• "Isle are employed in the fisheries; of these the sardine and the tunny are the chief."
• "The most esteemed part of the tunny is the underneath, or "panse.""