όρκινος
Thunnus thynnus
#nm_0546📍 Greece
- Language
- Greek
- Transliteration
- orkinos
- IPA
- /ˈorcinos/
From Ancient Greek ὄρκυνος órkynos (a large kind of tunny), a variant of ὄρκυς órkys ↳ An unexplained loanword, probably Pre-Greek substrate (Beekes) ↳ Latin orcynus (large tunny) was borrowed from the Greek, not the reverse; it is a different word from Latin orca (a kind of whale)
Atlantic bluefin tuna, one of the largest and fastest bony fish. Warm-blooded and highly migratory, capable of crossing the Atlantic. Prized for sushi and sashimi, now threatened by overfishing
Alternates: Τόνος (Greece)
Lent to: Orkinos