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Definition of Tunas
1. tuna [n] - See also: tuna
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tunas
Literary usage of Tunas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the United States Navy from 1775 to 1902 by Edgar Stanton Maclay (1902)
"Accordingly, at 7.30 AM July 2d, the Helena moved slowly in toward tunas until
she brought her broadside to bear, fifteen hundred yards from the town, ..."
2. Life in Mexico During a Residence of Two Years in that Country (1843)
"... San Cristobal — tunas — Plaza de toros — Throwing the laso — Accidents — Rustic
breakfast — Country fare — Baked meat — Indian market — Buried bull ..."
3. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the by Richard Hakluyt (1904)
"... with fire underneath, almost after the maner as we dry Malt in England.
When they AD 1586. There are Hi. kinds of tunas whereof that which beareth ..."
4. The Works of William Robertson, D.D.: To which is Prefixed an Account of the by William Robertson, Dugald Stewart (1827)
"... yet the Spaniards in their march suffered such want, that they were obliged
to subsist upon tunas, a species of fruit which grows wild in the fields. ..."