Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Albicore"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Albicore \Al"bi*core\, n. [F. albicore (cf. Sp. albacora, Pg.
albacor, albacora, albecora), fr. Ar. bakr, bekr, a young
camel, young cow, heifer, and the article al: cf. Pg. bacoro
a little pig.] (Zo["o]l.)
A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel
family, esp. {Orcynus alalonga}. One species ({Orcynus
thynnus}), common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, is
called in New England the {horse mackerel}; the tunny.
[Written also {albacore}.]
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