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Tuna n. (Bot.) The Opuntia Tuna. See Prickly pear, under Prickly.

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"Tuna" Quotes from Famous Books

... to his unhappiness, Norah had forgotten that he didn't like tuna fish sandwiches and had given him all that kind. Bobby knew that very likely she had packed egg or some other good mixture in Meg's box and that by merely asking he could trade with his sister. But no, it suited him to feel that ...

— Four Little Blossoms and Their Winter Fun • Mabel C. Hawley

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... of Sinukhta had despised the god Assur, and refused submission to him. I took him prisoner, and seized his 30 chariots and 7,350 of his soldiers. I gave Sinuhta, the town of his royalty, to Matti from the country of Tuna, I added some horses and asses to the former tribute and ...

— Babylonian and Assyrian Literature • Anonymous

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... is strongly linked to the US, with which American Samoa conducts 80%-90% of its foreign trade. Tuna fishing and tuna processing plants are the backbone of the private sector, with canned tuna the primary export. The tuna canneries and the government are by far the two largest employers. Other economic activities include a slowly developing tourist industry. ...

— The 1995 CIA World Factbook • United States Central Intelligence Agency

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... same a man might live on what we see before us here for a long time," replied the guide. "If you will examine those mesquite bushes you will find a bean pod on them. It is a rich and nourishing food. Then there are the pears of the tuna and the fruit of the ...

— Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Great American Desert • Jessie Graham Flower

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... know the coast for one thing," she began. "That's a whole lot around here. It's a treacherous shore-line and a man who doesn't know it can lose a boat mighty easy. Then, I have ten new boats, just the kind you have to have for albacore and tuna. As a general rule you've got to go way out to sea to get them. Sometimes as far as Diablo. And that means trouble. If you've ever been out to that God-forsaken island you'll understand that it takes real men and boats. I ...

— El Diablo • Brayton Norton

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Words linked to "Tuna" : genus Thunnus, Thunnus alalunga, tuna fish, bluefin, Anguilla sucklandii, tuna salad, scombroid fish, food fish, tunny, prickly pear cactus, albacore, yellowfin, Opuntia tuna, horse mackerel, prickly pear, bonito, yellowfin tuna, eel, scombroid, tuna fish salad, skipjack tuna, long-fin tunny, tuna oil, Thunnus thynnus, bluefin tuna, saltwater fish, Thunnus albacares