Definition of "albacore" []

• A large marine fish (Thunnus alalunga) of warm seas, having edible flesh that is a major source of canned tuna. (noun)

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• "But the really great thing about the albacore is that unlike some of the larger, more popular tunas, this is sustainable."
• "Little William and Lalee alone examined the two beautiful creatures thus brought within their reach; while Snowball and the sailor, rapidly readjusting the baits upon their hooks, that had been slightly disarranged by the teeth of the _tunnies_, -- for the albacore is a species of tunny fish, -- once more flung them forth."
• "Buy light tuna, not albacore, which is more polluted."