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.]
Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of albacore English)
Usage examples of "albicore".
Then you would see the superb albicore, with his glittering sides, sailing aloft, and often describing an arc in his descent, disappear on the surface of the water.
These waters furnished our table with excellent fish, mackerel, bonitos, and albicores, and some varieties of a sea-serpent called munirophis.