albacore
/ˈælbəkɔː(r)/(亦作albacore tuna)
noun
1- a tuna of warm seas, which travels in large schools and is of commercial importance as a food fish鲭鱼。
1.1
- Two species in the family Scombridae: Thunnus alalunga, and the false albacore (Euthynus alletteratus ).鲭鱼科中两种:长鳍金枪鱼和大西洋鲔(拉丁名 Euthynus alletteratus)。
词源
late 16th cent.: from Portuguese albacora, from Arabic al-bakūra, perhaps from al 'the'+ bakūr 'premature, precocious'.