Albacore

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A large marine fish (Thunnus alalunga) of warm seas, having edible flesh that is a major source of canned tuna.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A large marine fish Thunnus alalunga of warm seas, having edible flesh.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel family (Scombridae), esp. Thunnus alalunga (formerly Orcynus alalonga); it is a type of tuna or tunny. The name has been also applied to a larger related species, Thunnus thynnus (formerly Orcynus thynnus), common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, which is called in New England the horse mackerel.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A name given to several fishes of the tunny or mackerel kind, specifically to the germon or long-finned tunny, Orcynus germo or O. alalonga. See Orcynus and tunny.
  • n. The Lichia glauca, a fish of the family Carangidæ. Also written albicore.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters
  • n. relatively small tuna with choice white flesh; major source of canned tuna
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    tuna    tunny    tuna fish   
    Cross Reference
    great albacore   
    Variant
    horse mackerel    albicore   
    Same Context
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    bluefin    thunny    feo    flying fish    ahi   
     
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