chicken of the sea

English

Etymology

From the mid-20th-century advertising jingle of StarKist brand canned tuna. Since used popularly at large for any tuna.

Noun

chicken of the sea (uncountable)

  1. (US, food, colloquial) Tuna.

Derived terms

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