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albacore definition

al·ba·core (al′bə kôr′)

noun pl. albacores -·cores′ or albacore -·core′

a tuna (Thunnus alalunga) with unusually long pectoral fins, important as a game and food fish in all warm seas; loosely, other similar scombroid fishes

Etymology: Port albacora < Ar al, the + bakāra, pl. of buko, young camel

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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