albacore

English

Thunnus alalunga

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæl.bə.kɔɹ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

Noun

albacore (plural albacores)

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

   Synonym: albacore tuna

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

     But most of all, they were jealous because these strangers feasted daily on great turtle, albacore and sail-fish, the sweetest of all seafoods.

Derived terms

• false albacore

 

Translations

large marine fish

• Afrikaans: albakoor
• Catalan: bacora (ca) f
• Chinese: Mandarin:长鳍金枪鱼 (chángqíjīnqiāngyú)
• Galician: albacora (gl) f
• German: Weißer Thun
• Indonesian: albakora
• Italian: Alalunga, alalonga
• Japanese: 鬢長 (ビンナガ, binnaga)
• Portuguese: albacora (pt) f
• Tagalog: albakora

References

• albacore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Thunnus alalunga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Thunnus alalunga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons