thunniform

English

adj

Definitions

Resembling a tuna.
Swimming in the manner of a tuna, by undulation of the caudal fin.

Etymology

Derived from Latin thunnus (tuna).

Origin

Latin

thunnus

Gloss

tuna

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*thunnina Latin
thunnus Latin
tunnus Latin
Thunfisch German
thon French
θύννος Ancient Greek
تن Arabic
تن, اَلتُّنّ Arabic
تُنَّ Arabic
tonyina Catalan, Valencian
thon Middle French
ton Old Occitan