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Tuna type
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albacore
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Word definitions for albacore in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in 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, ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 ...
WordNet
Word definitions in 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 ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in 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.
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.