albacore

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US/ˈæl.bə.koɹ/

noun

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

Similar
albacore tunalong-fin tunnyThunnus alalunga
OriginPortuguese albacor ← Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة →
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Meanings

nounalbacore (plural albacores)

plural albacores

  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.

    1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 127

    Synonyms: albacore tuna

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
albacore tuna

More synonyms by meaning

nounlarge pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters

Similar
long-fin tunnyThunnus alalunga
Broader
tunatunny

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Arabicاَلْبَكُورَة“the young camels”
  2. Portuguesealbacor
  3. Englishalbacore

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

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Translations

Afrikaans albakoor
  • albakoorlarge marine fish
Catalan bacora
  • bacoralarge marine fish
Chinese Mandarin 長鰭金槍魚 /长鳍金枪鱼
  • 長鰭金槍魚 /长鳍金枪鱼 (chángqíjīnqiāngyú)large marine fish
Finnish valkotonnikala
  • valkotonnikalalarge marine fish
German Weißer Thun
  • Weißer Thunlarge marine fish
Hawaiian ahipalaha
  • ahipalahalarge marine fish
Indonesian albakora
  • albakoralarge marine fish
Italian Alalunga, alalonga
  • Alalungalarge marine fish
  • alalongalarge marine fish
Japanese 鬢長
  • 鬢長 (binnaga)large marine fish
Portuguese albacora
  • albacoralarge marine fish
Russian длиннопёрый туне́ц, альбако́р
  • длиннопёрый туне́ц (dlinnopjóryj tunéc)large marine fish
  • альбако́р (alʹbakór)large marine fish
  • длиннокры́лый туне́ц (dlinnokrýlyj tunéc)large marine fish
  • бе́лый туне́ц (bélyj tunéc)large marine fish
Tagalog albakora
  • albakoralarge marine fish

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with albacore

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APA

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Chicago

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