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Albicore definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AL'BICORE, n. A marine fish, like a tunny, noted for following ships.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Albicore Al"bi*core, n. [F. albicore (cf. Sp. albacora, Pg. albacor, albacora, albecora), fr. Ar. bakr, bekr, a young camel, young cow, heifer, and the article al: cf. Pg. bacoro a little pig.] (Zo["o]l.) A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel family, esp. Orcynus alalonga. One species (Orcynus thynnus), common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, is called in New England the horse mackerel; the tunny. [Written also albacore.]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. See albacore