ALBACORE


Meaning of ALBACORE in English

[ 'albəkɔ: ]

■ noun a tuna of warm seas which travels in large schools and is an important food fish. [ Thunnus alalunga .]

Origin

C16: from Port. albacora , from Arab. al-bakūra , perh. from al 'the' + bakūr 'premature, precocious'.

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