pelamys

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek πηλαμύς (pēlamús).

Pronunciation

Noun

pēlamys f (genitive pēlamydis); third declension

  1. a young tunny (tuna before it reaches one year of age) (thereafter called thynnus)
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Declension

Third-declension noun.

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