albacore

Meaning

A longfin tuna, a large marine fish (Thunnus alalunga) of warm seas, having edible flesh.

Synonyms

long-fin tunny

Thunnus alalunga

bigeye tuna

germon

albacore tuna

blackfin tuna

tuna

long-finned tuna

tunny

Translations

Weißer Thun

albacore

alalonga

atún blanco

witte tonijn

alalunga

Alalunga

Thunnus alalunga

thon

großäugiger Thunfisch

liche

germon

thon blanc

albacora

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæl.bə.kɔɹ/

Etymology

From Portuguese albacor, from Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakūra, “the young camels”).