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Definition of Albacore
1. Noun. Relatively small tuna with choice white flesh; major source of canned tuna.
2. Noun. Large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters.
Definition of Albacore
1. n. See Albicore.
Definition of Albacore
1. Noun. A large marine fish ''Thunnus alalunga'' of warm seas, having edible flesh ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Albacore
1. a marine food fish [n -S]
Medical Definition of Albacore
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Albacore
Literary usage of Albacore
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Big Game Fishes of the United States: A Collection of Critical Essays by Charles Burton Martin, Viktor Aleksandrovich Maksunov, Charles Frederick Holder, Amiya Chandra Chakravarty, David Malet Armstrong (1903)
"THE albacore, the long-firmed, big-eyed harlequin of the Santa Catalina and San
Clemente channels, is the understudy of the tuna, following its mighty ..."
2. Battles of the British Navy by Joseph Allen (1852)
"12m. the corvette opened fire on the Gloire, which the frigate, hoisting her
colours, returned; she then hauled up to rake the albacore, and Captain Davies, ..."
3. The big game fishes of the United States by Charles Frederick Holder (1903)
"CHAPTER XIV THE albacore "Vext with the puny foe, ... THE albacore, the long-firmed,
big-eyed harlequin of the Santa Catalina and San Clemente channels, ..."
4. Buck Whaley's Memoirs: Including His Journey to Jerusalem by Thomas Whaley, Edward Sullivan (1906)
"My Return to Dublin—An Extraordinary Wager—A Sea Journal— Description of an
albacore—The Moorish Fleet—Gibralter—The Grand Battery—St. George's Hall—Poco ..."
5. Popular Science Monthly (1906)
"The yellow-fin albacore is common in ica.' The yellow-fin albacore is, however,
distinct from Germo germo, and its proper name is Germo macropterus, ..."
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