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tonnetti

English translation: little tuna (Euthynnus Alletteratus )

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Italian term or phrase:tonnetti
English translation:little tuna (Euthynnus Alletteratus )
Entered by: Therese Marshall

05:59 Apr 10, 2007
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Fisheries / tuna catching and rearing
Italian term or phrase: tonnetti
Context: I tonnetti formavano un banco con un’altra specie, i tombarelli, (Auxis rochei).
Therese Marshall
Italy
Local time: 20:54
little tuna (Euthynnus Alletteratus )
Explanation:
The "tonnetto" is also known as the "alletterato" (Euthynnus Alletteratus), in English the little tuna or little tunny.

www.mareinitaly.it/conosciamo_v.php?id=169
www.efsa.co.uk/record/tunalittle.htm
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Juliet Halewood (X)
Local time: 20:54
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4 +2little tuna (Euthynnus Alletteratus )
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little tuna (Euthynnus Alletteratus )


Explanation:
The "tonnetto" is also known as the "alletterato" (Euthynnus Alletteratus), in English the little tuna or little tunny.

www.mareinitaly.it/conosciamo_v.php?id=169
www.efsa.co.uk/record/tunalittle.htm

Juliet Halewood (X)
Local time: 20:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

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