large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters
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albacore::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | long-fin tunny, thunnus alalunga |
| Type of | tuna, tunny |
Examples of albacore
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Inshore boats are catching tailor bluefish, false albacore and Spanish mackerel.
From the newsobserver.com
Appetizers from $3, including barbecue albacore and an assortment of sushi rolls.
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Chunk light tuna can substitute for albacore, but gives the dish a fishier taste.
From the kansas.com
It notes that albacore tuna has the most healthy omega-3s of any canned tuna.
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Nearshore, blues are thick and false albacore are holding on nearshore reefs.
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The customers love the Spanish mackerel, yellowtail, salmon and the albacore.
From the ocregister.com
Blues, Spanish mackerel to 4 pounds at the Cape Lookout Shoals along with albacore.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Albacore pounced on trolled rigs 30 to 35 miles out, just outside of Cordell Banks.
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These include yellowfin tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean, but not albacore.
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- Relatively small tuna with choice white flesh; major source of canned tuna
- Large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters
- The albacore, Thunnus alalunga, is a type of tuna in the family Scombridae. This species is also called albacore fish, albacore tuna, albicore, longfin, albies, pigfish, tombo ahi, binnaga, Pacific albacore, German bonito (but see bonito), longfin tuna, longfin tunny, or even just tuna. ...
- The Albacore is a 4.57 m (15 ft) planing dinghy developed in 1954 from an Uffa Fox design. Hulls may be made of either wood or fibreglass.
- A highly prized, mild-flavored tuna that weighs between 10 and 60 pounds. This high-fat fish is the only tuna that can honestly be called "white." It is the most expensive variety of canned tuna.
- A variety of tuna fish, with white meat and a high fat content.
- Albacore has a mild, rich taste and a firm, steaky texture with large, moist flakes. The meat on this item is red. Albacore has the lightest colored meat of all the tunas, and is one of the fattiest species with more omega 3 than the rest of the tunas. Albacore meat is not as firm as yellowfin.
- Sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Taiho. Taiho was the flagship of Vice-Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa's fleet during the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
