Crossword clues for albacore
albacore
- Long-finned tuna
- Relative of a bigeye
- Found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters
- Reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins
- Large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna
- Relatively small tuna with choice white flesh
- Major source of canned tuna
- Tuna type
- Game fish
- Large tuna
- See 11 Across
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Albacore \Al"ba*core\, n. (Zo["o]l.) 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. [formerly spelled albicore.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
large variety of tuna, 1570s, from Portuguese albacora, from Arabic al bakara "milk cow;" the fish so called for its size.
Wiktionary
n. A large marine fish (taxlink Thunnus alalunga species noshow=1) of warm seas, having edible flesh.
WordNet
n. relatively small tuna with choice white flesh; major source of canned tuna
large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters [syn: long-fin tunny, Thunnus alalunga]
Wikipedia
The albacore (Thunnus alalunga) is a species of tuna in the family Scombridae.
This species is also called albacore fish, albacore tuna, albicore, albie, pigfish, tombo ahi, binnaga, Pacific albacore, bonito del Norte, German bonito (but see bonito), longfin, longfin tuna, longfin tunny, or even just tuna. It is the only tuna species which may be marketed as "white meat tuna" in the United States. It is found in the open waters of all tropical and temperate oceans, and the Mediterranean Sea.
Albacore is a prized food, and the albacore fishery is economically significant. Methods of fishing include pole and line, long-line fishing, trolling, and some purse seining. It is also sought after by sport fishers.
The Albacore is a 4.57 m (15 ft) two-person planing dinghy, for lake and near-inshore day sailing. Hulls are made of either wood or fibreglass. The basic shape was developed in 1954 from an Uffa Fox design. Recent boats retain the same classic dimensions, and use modern materials and modern control systems.
A deep airfoil section centerboard and rudder make the Albacore highly manoeuvrable. The Albacore's rig uses swept spreaders supporting a tapered mast, a powerful vang, and adjustable jib halyard and other sail controls to depower in high winds. This adjustability enables light crews and heavy crews to race head-to-head in all but the most extreme conditions. It does not have a trapeze or spinnaker, and hence avoids the difficult handling of sport boats. The powerful rig and easily driven hull give excellent performance over a wide range of wind and wave conditions.
The 2011 International Champion described the Albacore as a boat that is simple to get into at first, but one that will challenge the tuning and tactical skills of a sailor for the rest of their life.
Albacore is a type of tuna fish.
Albacore may also refer to:
- Albacore (dinghy), a sailboat racing dinghy
- Fairey Albacore, a torpedo bomber built by Fairey Aviation during the Second World War
- USS Albacore (AGSS-569), an experimental high-speed submarine launched in 1953
- USS Albacore (SS-218), a Gato-class submarine which served in the Pacific during World War II
- Albacore, a fictional club in the film Chinatown (film)
Usage examples of "albacore".
On the opposite side of the float the crew of the Flying Fish, the Snark, the Bonita and the Albacore were equally busy over their craft.
At last came the gun that started off the Snark, the Bonita and the Albacore, which were all of about the same speed.
Nothing broke the surface, not even a young albacore coming up to look around.
Finally it emerged that Albacore was also working on a Beddoes critical biog.
I listened with interest from my reserved seat on the front row, but part of my mind remained concentrated on the puzzle of Albacore, whose duties as chair of the meeting kept him from his other task of stroking my ego.
Still buoyed up by my sense of having made a wise decision, and been approved in it by you, I went down to dinner tonight, posting my last letter en route, and found Albacore waiting to offer me a choice of dry or very dry sherry.
I headed off what might have been a provoking defence of the computer by asking Albacore to what extent he felt his book might bring Beddoes in out of the cold at the perimeter of British romantic literature and into its warm centre.
Even Albacore laughed, and now the conversation became general, running like quicksilver from tongue to tongue, good thing following good thing, wisdom and wit doled out in a prodigality of plenty, and I felt tears prick my eyes at the sense of privilege and pleasure in being part of this company in this place at this time.
I told him that, as far as I knew, Sir Justinian and Lady Albacore were the only inmates of the Lodging and tried to indicate from my memory of our tour where they were likely to be found.
PM on Albacore showed death from smoke inhalation, but it also mentioned some possible damage to the back of his head.
Schools of tiny mullet and squid skipped this way and that in frenzied fear, snapped at by the fierce albacore below and the eager beaks of the birds.
Time after time the watchers on the ship saw the stiff rod bend suddenly as he braced himself to heave a struggling albacore of thirty or forty pounds into the canoe.
Presently the canoe came alongside and two or three dozen large albacore were tossed on deck.
A word, a heave in unison, and the albacore lay gasping in the bilges -- a magnificent fish of a hundred pounds or more.
He fastened the tails of the albacore together, hoisted the burden of more than two hundredweight to one shoulder, and led the way up the steep path.