单词 | albacore tuna |
释义 | > as lemmasalbacore tuna 1. Any of several small and medium-sized tunas of the genera Thunnus and Euthynnus; (in later use) spec. T. alalunga, with very long pectoral fins, which is widespread in tropical and temperate seas and is popular both as a food fish and a game fish (also called longfin tuna). Also (in later use) more fully albacore tuna. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Scombroidei (mackerel) > [noun] > family Scombridae > genus Thunnus (tuna) > thunnus alalonga (yellow-fin) albacore1579 alalonga1824 ahi1892 yellowfin tuna1906 Allison tuna1922 yellowfin1961 1579 T. Stevens Let. 10 Nov. in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 161 In the sea [off the Atlantic coast of Africa] the fish which is called Albocore, as big as a Salmon. 1696 J. Ovington Voy. Suratt 48 We met likewise with Shoals of Albicores (so call'd from a piece of white Flesh that sticks to their Heart). 1757 J. H. Grose Voy. E.-Indies i. 7 The Albacore is another fish of much the same kind as the Bonito. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. ix. 190 The flying-fish, and again with their devourers the bonitos and albicores. 1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) iii. §158 A few years ago, great numbers of Albercore..entered the English Channel. 1909 Chatterbox 46/2 These fish..are greatly sought after by large fishes, such as the tunny and albacore, and also by porpoises. 1916 Information Ann. 1915 581/1 Next in size comes the albacore tuna, or long fin, which averages twenty-five to forty pounds. 1943 Pacific Northwest Q. 34 11 After the regular salmon fishing season is over, about 250 of the sturdier boats..go fishing for albacore tuna. 1994 Independent on Sunday 7 Aug. 12/4 The albacore tuna stocks in the Bay of Biscay and its western approaches are not under immediate threat. 2009 Independent on Sunday 22 Nov. (New Review) 13/1 When he hits albacore, one of his crew begins ‘chumming’, or throwing live anchovies into the sea around the boat. < as lemmas |
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