Found 1 hit - Term: orcynus alalonga, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
albacore \al"bacore\, n. zool.
a name applied to several large fishes of the mackerel family
scombridae, esp. thunnus alalunga formerly orcynus
alalonga; it is a type of tuna or tunny. the name has been
also applied to a larger related species, thunnus thynnus
formerly orcynus thynnus, common in the mediterranean and
atlantic, which is called in new england the horse
mackerel. formerly spelled albicore.
1913 webster +pjc
see also:
scombridae thunnus alalunga orcynus alalonga thunnus thynnus orcynus thynnus horse mackerel
albicore
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