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Albacore

//ˈæl.bə.koɹ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A longfin tuna, a large marine fish (Thunnus alalunga) of warm seas, having edible flesh.

    "But most of all, they were jealous because these strangers feasted daily on great turtle, albacore and sail-fish, the sweetest of all seafoods."

  2. 2
    large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters wordnet
  3. 3
    relatively small tuna with choice white flesh; major source of canned tuna wordnet

Etymology

From Portuguese albacor, from Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakūra, “the young camels”).

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