albacore

Noun
  • Relatively small tuna with choice white flesh
    Major source of canned tuna (synset 107796850)
    hypernym: tuna, tuna fish, tunny - important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
    part meronym: albacore, long-fin tunny, thunnus alalunga - large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters
  • Large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna
    Reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins
    Found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters (synset 102629667)
    hypernym: tuna, tunny - any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
    part holonym: albacore - relatively small tuna with choice white flesh; major source of canned tuna
    synonym: long-fin tunny, thunnus alalunga

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