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Orchis masculaOrchis militaris
Orchis papilionaceae
Orchis spectabilis
Orchises
orchitis
Orchomenus
orchotomy
orcin
Orcinus
Orcinus orca
Orcus
Orcynus or Albacora thynnus
Orcynus pelamys
Orcynus thunnus
Orcynus thynnus
Orczy
Ord
Ord and end
Ord kangaroo rat
Ord River
ord.
Ordain
ORDAIN; ORDINATION
Ordainabale
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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.]
