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albacore|ˈælbəkɔə(r)|
Also 6 albo-, 6– albi-, 8 albe-, 9 alber-.
[a. Pg. albacor, -bacora, -becora (Sp. albacora, Fr. albicore); f. Arab. al the + bukr, pl. bakārat, a young camel, a heifer, whence also Pg. bacoro a young pig. The Fr. form albicore is also in use.]
A fish; prop. a large species of Tunny (Thynnus), found in the Atlantic, near W. Indies. Applied also to a kindred species in the Pacific; and loosely to others of the genus.
1579T. Stevens Lett. fr. Goa in Hakluyt II. 583 In the sea, the fish which is called Albocore, as big as a salmon. 1696J. Ovington Voy. Surat 48 We likewise met with shoals of Albicores (so call'd from a piece of white Flesh that sticks to their Heart). 1766Grose Voy. East Ind. I. 5 The Albacore is another fish of much the same kind as the Bonito. 1782P. H. Bruce Mem. xii. 424 Baracuda, ship-jacks. albecores. 1845Darwin Voy. Nat. viii. (1873) 162 The flying-fish and their devourers the bonitos and albicores. 1860Maury Phys. Geog. Sea iii. §158 A few years ago, great numbers of Albercore..entered the English Channel. 1868Daily News 14 Sept., Capture of an Albacore at Dawlish. |