Euthynnus

noun

Eu·​thyn·​nus

yüˈthinəs

: a genus of comparatively small tunas with teeth on the palatine bones that includes the little tuna cosmopolitan in tropical seas

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from eu- + Greek thynnos tunny

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