albacore

Definitions


[ˈalbəkɔː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a tuna of warm seas, which travels in large schools and is of commercial importance as a food fish


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Origin:
late 16th century: from Portuguese albacora, from Arabic al-bakūra, perhaps from al ‘the’ + bakūr ‘premature, precocious’




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