eel vs tuna
tuna vs eeleel and tuna both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| eel | Yes | No | No | No |
| tuna | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
tuna is a hyponym of
eel; that is, tuna is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
eel:
- eel: voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins
- tuna: New Zealand eel
Other hyponyms of eel include
elver, common eel, freshwater eel, Anguilla sucklandii, moray, moray eel, conger, conger eel.
| eel (noun) | tuna (noun) |
|---|---|
| voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins | any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters |
| the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled | New Zealand eel |
| important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks | |
| tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica |
Words related to "eel"
Words related to "tuna"
- Anguilla sucklandii
- Opuntia tuna
- Thunnus
- Thunnus alalunga
- Thunnus albacares
- Thunnus thynnus
- albacore
- bluefin
- bluefin tuna
- bonito
- eel
- food fish
- genus Thunnus
- horse mackerel
- long-fin tunny
- prickly pear
- prickly pear cactus
- saltwater fish
- scombroid
- scombroid fish
- tuna
- tuna fish
- tunny
- yellowfin
- yellowfin tuna
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