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albacora

albacora is the obsolete form of albacore.

Meaning of albacore

Noun

albacore (plural albacores)

  1. A longfin tuna, a large marine fish (Thunnus alalunga) of warm seas, having edible flesh.
    • But most of all, they were jealous because these strangers feasted daily on great turtle, albacore and sail-fish, the sweetest of all seafoods.1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 127
    Synonyms:
    albacore tuna

Forms of albacora

pluralalbacoras

Questions about albacora

What is albacora the obsolete form of?
Albacora is the obsolete form of albacore.

Words near albacora in the dictionary

  1. Alba Iulia
  2. Alba Longa
  3. Albac
  4. Albacete
  5. albaconazole
  6. albacora
  7. albacoras
  8. albacore
  9. albacores
  10. Albacutya
  11. Albada

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