Dictionary entry

Tuna-fish

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Myanmar Meaning

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Definition

tuna /'tju:nǝ; US 'tu:nǝ/ n ( pl unchanged or tunas ) (က) (also tunny ) [C] ငါးမည္းလံုး။ (ခ) (also tuna-fish ) [U] ယင္းငါး၏ အသား။

Examples

  1. ‘The tuna I bought
  2. for example
  3. was two for a dollar.’
  4. ‘Tom Fitzgerald said fish landings were down on the previous year because of the ban on tuna drift net fishing and severe restrictions on quotas of other species.’
  5. ‘Open-ocean travelers-such as whales
  6. tuna and sharks visit the underwater mountains on their migratory routes.’
  7. ‘Thousands of dolphins are killed every year by Pacific tuna fishing fleets.’
  8. ‘When the oil is hot
  9. sear the tuna for 15-25 seconds on each side.’
  10. ‘What do cheese
  11. chicken
  12. tuna and oysters have in common?’
  13. ‘I was mesmerised by the interplay of the tuna and sharks
  14. fusiliers and jacks.’
  15. ‘Mix vegetables and water-packed tuna with fat-free mayonnaise or
  16. for a different taste
  17. mix with a fat-free salad dressing.’
  18. ‘The cable is clipped to a yellow harness buckled around the girth of the tuna.’
  19. ‘The tuna tartare and caviar tasted as fine as I remembered
  20. and so did the uni risotto.’
  21. ‘Dredge the tuna in flour
  22. patting off any excess.’
  23. ‘As a rule
  24. I avoid lumps of grilled tuna: it's fish for people who don't like eating fish
  25. or just don't like eating.’
  26. ‘The aim is to reduce the incidental catch of gamefish like marlin while allowing stocks of swordfish
  27. oceanic sharks and tuna to replenish themselves.’
  28. ‘To manipulate the sharks' movement
  29. the film-makers would throw chunks of bloody tuna into the water
  30. which would get the sharks worked up.’
  31. ‘Packets of rice
  32. pasta
  33. couscous
  34. lentils and bulgar wheat are all larder essentials
  35. as are tins of tomatoes
  36. tuna and anchovies.’
  37. ‘The industry is stepping up the sardine catch to feed farm-raised tuna.’
  38. ‘In the tuna canning factories close to Mari Tere's shop some 60 women clad in white robes
  39. work manually cleaning and putting anchovies and tuna in glass containers and tins.’
  40. ‘New studies still find fault with tuna fishing practices’
  41. ‘You can grill these burgers to desired doneness
  42. but if you like your ahi burgers rare
  43. make sure that the tuna you've purchased is sushi grade.’
  44. ‘The riskiest fish are large and predatory such as tuna
  45. marlin and swordfish.’